Tag: Health and wellbeing

UK can learn from Scotland’s NHS – but dangers lie ahead

The unique strengths of Scotland’s NHS, in particular the way it improves quality and safety, could be undermined by serious financial pressure over the next few years.

A report by independent health think-tank The Nuffield Trust says that the UK could learn much from the strengths of Scotland’s NHS – but it goes on to warn that financial pressures could undo the good work that is going on north of the border. Scotland’s Health Minister Shona Robison has welcomed the report and says ‘significant’ reforms are helping improve service delivery. Continue reading UK can learn from Scotland’s NHS – but dangers lie ahead

Midwife registration fall ‘worrying,’ says RCM

Figures published today by the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) show an increase in the numbers of midwives and nurses leaving the NMC’s register.  At the same time, the numbers joining the register have slowed down resulting in an overall reduction in the numbers of nurses and midwives registered to work in the UK. Continue reading Midwife registration fall ‘worrying,’ says RCM

Children’s ward at St John’s: Questions and Answers

NHS Lothian announced last week that is making changes to the children’s inpatient services at St John’s Hospital, Livingston.
 
Patients will not be admitted to the children’s inpatient ward at St John’s Hospital, from Friday 7 July 2017. The children’s ward will continue to operate as an assessment and programmed investigation unit from Monday to Friday between the hours of 8am and 8pm.
 
NHS Lothian says it is ‘committed to reinstating the full service as soon as possible after the summer.’

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Does the NHS deliver safe and quality care?

Views invited on patient care in the NHS

Do Scottish NHS services treat people with dignity and respect, and are adequate systems in place for when things go wrong? These key questions are being asked by Holyrood’s Health and Sport Committee as it launches a call for views today on clinical governance in the NHS in Scotland, as part of a wider inquiry into NHS Governance. Continue reading Does the NHS deliver safe and quality care?

Edinburgh Leisure launches fundraising challenge

Edinburgh Leisure is inviting people to sign up to their first ever public fundraising event – the ‘Jump In Swim Challenge’, which begins on 1 September. Swimmers who take up the challenge will stroke, crawl and paddle for 30 days whilst raising vital funds to give local nursery school pupils affected by poverty the chance to learn to swim, an opportunity that many of these children do not have. Continue reading Edinburgh Leisure launches fundraising challenge

Concerns as children’s ward at St John’s to close to in-patients

“We are committed to reinstating the full service as soon as possible after the summer.”

The children’s ward at St John’s Hospital in Livingston is to close to in-patients from 7 July due to staffing problems. NHS Lothian insists the closure is not permanent, but say that a reduction in opening hours ‘is the safest option for the children of West Lothian’ over summer. The children’s ward has been closed before due to staff shortages. Continue reading Concerns as children’s ward at St John’s to close to in-patients

Spartans celebrate Women’s Sport Week with Girls Football Festival

Up to 300 local schoolgirls are set to take part in Spartans Community Football Academy’s Girls Football Festival tomorrow at Spartans’ Ainslie Park home.

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