An online platform for parents and carers of young people with an eating disorder within the first few weeks of treatment has been shortlisted for a national award for innovation and good practice in self-management of illnesses. Continue reading Innovative website for eating disorder parents recognised in national healthcare awards
Did you know that for the past two years NHS Lothian staff have hosted a series of drop-in taster sessions for performers and participants at the Edinburgh Fringe? Continue reading NHS Lothian team ensures it’s a mentally-well Fringe
Cyrenians – working in partnership with Hibernian and NHS Lothian – has provided over 600 free lunches at their weekly GameChanger events at Easter Road Stadium. Continue reading Cyrenians provide over 600 free lunches in Easter Road partnership
Staff and patients at five NHS Lothian facilities are being treated for an outbreak of scabies. Continue reading NHS Lothian tackles scabies outbreak
Lindsay & Gilmour hope to open on Waterfront
Local residents and businesses within Edinburgh’s waterfront regeneration area in Granton are being encouraged to support a bid for a new community pharmacy to serve the area, by engaging in a public consultation launched in partnership with NHS Lothian this week. Continue reading Locals urged to back new community pharmacy for Granton Waterfront
On the run up to Harry Potter’s birthday on the 31st of July the Royal Hospital for Sick Children was transformed into The Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. It wasn’t magic that caused the metamorphosis, it was the amazing effort, talent and teamwork of the staff and children which made it all come together!
Each ward’s name changed to reflect their magical purpose with ‘Diagnostic Alley’, ‘Haemogoblyn’ and ‘Surgical Snape’ to name a few. Beautiful installations were created to match including huge floating Harry Potter glasses and dragons swooping down from the ceiling. There were always more details to be discovered and enjoyed such as opportunities to free Dobby by decorating a sock.
Throughout the week the Edinburgh Children’s Hospital Charity’s (ECHC) Arts Programme ran lots of exciting Harry Potter themed activities. Artists used projectors to create immersive environments for flying cars and children and families were invited to take part in classic Hogwarts classes such as Transfiguration class using 3D printing pens. Potter super-fans were also taken on a virtual Potter Trail and learned all the secrets behind the creation of the books.
ECHC also gave out awards to each ward to highlight the team’s talent. ‘Best Name’ went to ‘HuffnCough’, and the ward which split their space into Hogwarts and Diagon Alley won ‘Best Narrative’ by naming each bed space after a different magical shop.
Feedback from staff has been very positive ‘[The week] has been amazing at pulling everyone together and making the hospital look great’ and ‘It has created such a positive buzz around the hospital’.
Harry’s birthday was aptly celebrated with a Magic Show with ECHC’s resident magician, Tricky Ricky.
ECHC would like to thank the staff and children who worked so hard to make the hospital a truly magical place!
Missing person reports to police in Edinburgh have reduced by almost a fifth thanks to increased efforts with partners to safeguard vulnerable people. Between January and June 2018, Edinburgh Division saw an 18% reduction in the number of missing person reports they received compared to the same period last year. Continue reading Missing person reports reduced by one fifth
As a Speech and Language Therapist in Acute Medicine at the Western General Hospital (WGH), I am always looking for new ways to stimulate and encourage patients to engage and participate in the therapeutic process (writes Ros Todd). This can be easier said than done sometimes, but I think if I could bottle what my wee dog Pippin does on his weekly Therapet visit to the Stroke Unit on Ward 50, I’d be a very successful Therapist indeed! Continue reading Pets are good for us!
Around 500 sick youngsters have been diverted to a hospital 20 miles away since the controversial closure of a children’s ward, health bosses have admitted. Continue reading 500 sick kids diverted since children’s ward closure
Recommendations to house a new Inclusive Homelessness Service on the site of the former Panmure St Ann’s school in the Cowgate have been approved by the Edinburgh Integration Joint Board (EIJB). Continue reading Homelessness Service hub earmarked for former school site
