NHS 24 is urging people in the Lothians to look after their health this winter with a few simple steps that can help to avoid illness and take the pressure off busy NHSScotland services over the festive holidays. The advice is being shared as part of the national ‘Be Healthwise’ campaign which was launched on Friday by the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Sport, Shona Robison MSP. Continue reading Help NHS24 help others this winter
More opportunities to have your say in Forth and Inverleith
Work is now well underway in shaping the new 2017 – 2022 Locality Improvement Plan for North West Edinburgh and it’s important that you can tell us what you think needs to happen in the next five years (writes Elaine Lennon).
We are focusing on the themes of Place; Health & Social Care; Community Safety; Children, young people and families; and Employment. Some of you might have been involved already but you might have something else you think you wish to add to the process.
You can do this online by clicking on this link. Simply go to the North West link and thinking of the themes above, let us have your thoughts on how things should be in 2022. We will gather in all of the comments and look to see where there are similarities and then we will ask the communities of North West to rank those statements to help identify the future priorities. If you prefer, you can attend one of these focus groups to give us your views:
We hope that you can either join us at one of the above focus groups, or give your views on the link above. Please distribute this link throughout your networks.
Thanks
Elaine
ELREC, in partnership with Drummond Community High School, is organising an event in support of refugees in Edinburgh & Lothians on Tuesday 6 December 2016, from 5pm to 7pm at Drummond Community High School, 41 Bellevue Place, Edinburgh, EH7 4BS. Continue reading ELREC to stage Refugees’ Voice event
The force is strong with Santa this year at The Centre Livingston as Chewbacca and Obi-Wan Kenobi dropped by for a flying visit to give him a helping hand! Continue reading The Force is with Santa … in Livingston!
FRIDAY 2 DECEMBER 11am – 1pm North Edinburgh Arts
To mark International Day to Eliminate Violence Against Women, International Development Secretary Priti Patel has set out a new package of UK support to protect women and girls in some of the world’s poorest countries from harmful practices such as Female Genital Mutilation (FGM), child marriage, and domestic abuse. Continue reading Britain leads global drive to tackle violence against girls and women
More than 60,000 people across Scotland have been given life-saving CPR training in the last 12 months – as part of an unprecedented national collaboration of more than a dozen organisations including emergency services, defence and third sector – to improve the response to out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. Continue reading Lifesavers: 60,000 Scots trained in CPR
