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Over the Wall

“The hospital fixes the hole in the child, but camp fixes the whole child” – a camper’s parent

Each summer, children and families from Edinburgh and Lothians who are affected by serious illness get a chance to attend one of Over The Wall’s free Therapeutic Activity camps. These camps help to rebuild some of what is lost to childhood illness, thanks to monumental efforts from groups of talented and highly skilled volunteers. Children aged 8 – 17 spend a week where they can kick back, relax, and simply be themselves. Continue reading Over the Wall

Health Secretary formally opens Pennywell All Care Centre

Cabinet Secretary for Health and Sport Shona Robison visited Muirhouse yesterday to officially open the new Pennywell All Care Centre. Ms Robison met staff and guests during a tour of the facility before cutting a ribbon to declare the ‘one stop shop’ open.  Continue reading Health Secretary formally opens Pennywell All Care Centre

Four-legged recruits visit Children’s Hospital

YOUNG people at the Royal Hospital for Sick Children have been treated to a visit from Police Scotland’s newest four-legged recruits. German Shepherds, Otto and Karma, were named by children in the hospital thanks to the Edinburgh Children’s Hospital Charity (ECHC). Continue reading Four-legged recruits visit Children’s Hospital

NHS Lothian seeks new Board members

NHS Lothian is looking for new members to join its board and help shape the region’s healthcare. New non-executive board members will be appointed by the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Wellbeing. New members will be expected to play a central role in guiding strategies to address the health priorities and health care needs of people living in Lothian.

Continue reading NHS Lothian seeks new Board members

New Ratho GP surgery opens on 16th April

On Friday 13th April, the staff at Ratho Surgery will see their last patients on Baird Road, as they gear up to move to the £1.5m new GP surgery on Wilkieston Road which opens to patients on Monday 16th April. 

Following the demolition at 14a Wilkieston Road, a new two storey building has been constructed: the ground floor is the new GP surgery, with more consulting rooms and treatment rooms that will benefit local patients and allow the practice to increase its patient list in the future; the upper floor will be available for lease from NHS Lothian in due course. 

Ricky Henderson, Chair of the Edinburgh Integration Joint Board, said: “A new GP surgery in the village of Ratho has been on the cards of several years now and we are pleased that local residents will start benefiting from all the hard work NHS Lothian and our partners have put in to making this happen.”  

Hazel Dowling, Ratho Practice Manager, said: ““The Team are all looking forward to moving to our new purpose built premises which will allow us to deliver quality medical care in a modern healthcare environment. There is a lot to do over the course of the weekend but we are not expecting any issues. However just in case, we’ll have a duty doctor available to deal will urgent issues on Friday 13th and the morning of Monday 16th and hope to resume normal service by Monday afternoon.

“Whilst the weekend of the move will be a very busy time for the practice, we know that there are many local residentswho are keen to see inside the new facilities, and we have therefore decided to hold an informal open morning on Saturday 14th April between 9.30am and 11.30am to allow patients the opportunity to have a look around the new building.”

NHS Lothian will lease the GP Surgery from the Kiltane Group who have developed this site.

Mark Keane, Managing Director of Kiltane, said: “I am pleased to see Ratho Medical Centre opening the public. We have worked closely with NHS Lothian and Ratho Community Council to deliver a first class medical facility designed to serve the people of Ratho and the surrounding area as it continues to grow and expand into the future.”

Valerie Thrush-Denning, Chair of the Ratho Surgery Patient Participation Group, added: “After working alongside the NHS, local councillors and our MSP for the last two and a half years The Ratho Surgery Patient Participation Group are delighted with the outcome of the new Surgery. It is all that we wished for.

“Going forward, we are pleased to be working closely with the new management for the benefit of the patients of Ratho.”

As part of the move the Ratho Surgery contact number will be changing to 0131 333 0600. For more information on Ratho Surgery visit www.rathomedicalpractice.scot.nhs.uk

Neonatal Fund will support families through “hugely testing and emotional time”

Parents of premature and sick newborn babies will receive help meeting the additional costs they face as a result of their baby being in hospital with the introduction of a new £1.5 million fund. From 1 April, the Neonatal Expenses Fund will be available to all parents to support them to spend as much time with their babies as possible, while they are receiving care within a neonatal unit. Continue reading Neonatal Fund will support families through “hugely testing and emotional time”

Briggs urges progress on cross-boundary health planning

Briggs Calls for More Progress on Development of New Edinburgh and South East of Scotland Centre

Tory health spokesman Miles Briggs spoke in the Procurement debate at Holyrood yesterday. The Lothian MSP spoke on improving and promoting regional procurement, using the example of when a number of health boards or local authorities pool resources to construct Regional Centres or projects that go across council boundaries. Continue reading Briggs urges progress on cross-boundary health planning