Category: Our Staff

On National Mental Health Nurses Day, I would like to sincerely thank all our mental health nurses for their commitment, contributions and hard work and celebrate the difference mental health nurses make to the lives of people affected by mental health difficulties, illnesses and associated conditions.

February 21, 2024

An Edinburgh children’s hospital has become one of the first in Scotland to use a virtual reality headset to help children prepare for surgery.  Patients at the Royal Hospital for Children and Young People (RHCYP) will now be able to prepare for surgery through an immersive virtual reality (VR) experience.  Thanks to funding from the Hearts &

February 7, 2024

Congratulations to NHS Lothian’s Jessica Davidson, Clinical Lead- South East Healthcare & Forensic Medical Services for People in Police Care and Nurse Lead for SARCS Network who received an MBE in the King’s New Year Honours List for services to forensic nursing and victim support in Scotland. As a trailblazer and one of the most

January 5, 2024

I’d like to thank you all for your exceptional service throughout 2023.  That service is all the more remarkable considering the pretty relentless pressure that we have been experiencing in every part of the system.  I know that when we can’t deliver the care we would like, as promptly as we would like, it can

December 21, 2023

A team at the Western General Hospital in Edinburgh is significantly reducing operating room waste and saving money after introducing reusable surgical hats.

December 20, 2023

NHS Lothian teams are working to make sure patients continue to receive the highest quality care this winter, despite the widespread predictions of increased illness and hospital admission. This winter, the focus will be on reducing hospital attendance and admission, increasing hospital flow, providing more care closer to home and reducing the length of a

December 12, 2023

Heather Duff, Nurse Team Leader, NHS Lothian, along with seven other Learning Disability (LD) nurses, came together to create an animation highlighting the need for improved support for individuals with learning disabilities within the justice system.

November 28, 2023

Fertility experts in Lothian have urged more people to step forward and help scores of couples to have a baby. They are asking more kind-hearted people to become egg and sperm donors to give other people the chance of becoming parents. The clinicians from Edinburgh Fertility Centre at the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, joined the

November 24, 2023

NHS Lothian has been honoured with three Mental Health Nursing Forum Awards. The ‘Earn while you Learn’ NHS Lothian and Open University pilot scheme designed to broaden access to Graduate Mental Health Nursing won the best ‘Innovations in Education’ award. It also went on to be declared the ‘Overall Winner’ of the 9 categories of

October 27, 2023

The Cancer Navigation Hub, based in Edinburgh Cancer Centre at the Western General Hospital, recently celebrated one year of the service launching.

October 24, 2023

East Lothian Community Hospital has become the first NHS Scotland out-patient endoscopy unit within a territorial Health Board area to be awarded the gold standard in quality endoscopy care.

October 20, 2023

Saturday 14 October is Allied Health Professionals (AHP) Day! A day to understand and celebrate the work of our amazing AHPs.

October 13, 2023