Scottish NHS Boards commit nearly £8 billion to tackle mental health services over decade
Latest figures have revealed that NHS Lothian spending on mental health services has totalled over £1 billion since 2007. Local MSP Ben Macpherson says the figures show the SNP’s commitment to supporting those with mental health issues since the party came to power a decade ago. Continue reading NHS Lothian mental health spending tops £1 billion since 2007
Teaching union the EIS has today formally launched a summary report of a member survey on the impact of poverty in education. The survey was designed to gauge members’ perceptions of how poverty arising from cuts to social security benefits, poor wages and insecurity of employment, is impacting in the classroom. Continue reading Teachers’ report on effects of poverty makes ‘shocking reading’
Pilton Community Health Project’s HIDDEN GEMS walks
This week’s Hidden Gems walk this Thursday 6th July explores Drylaw and Drylaw House. It starts at 7pm at Drylaw Neighbourhood Centre at 67 Groathill Loan where you can see the gardens and what is growing there. The walk is 2 miles long. Continue reading Tonight: delve into Drylaw’s hidden gems
GP Community Link Workers at Pilton Community Health Project Continue reading Job opportunities with Pilton Community Health Project
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
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
Continue reading Children’s ward at St John’s: Questions and Answers
West Pilton Neighbourhood Centre, 6pm
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 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
