Over a thousand people were vaccinated against measles, mumps and rubella (MMR), following the recent measles outbreak in Lothian. The measles outbreak is now officially over.
Positive reaction to measles outbreak
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The name game
Can you think of a better name for new health facility?
Construction of the North West Edinburgh Partnership Centre in Muirhouse is well underway and the new facility is due to open by Spring next year. While the work continues, however, NHS Lothian has something else to consider – a name for the new building.
Recovery on record
From Johnny Cash to Amy Winehouse, alcoholism and the spiral down into addiction is a recurring theme amongst musicians. But one man from Blackburn, West Lothian, hopes the music he wrote as part of his recovery will now help the service which turned his life around. Continue reading Recovery on record
Flu: get your vaccine as early as possible
Scotland’s Deputy Chief Medical Officer has urged all people at risk of flu to get their flu vaccine as early as possible this year. Continue reading Flu: get your vaccine as early as possible
Public Social Partnership events
Edinburgh Wellbeing public social partnership (psp)
“Talk, Share, Plan, Repeat” Coproduction Events
Public Social Partnerships (PSPs) are about people working together to design what services and supports are needed to meet the need of people who have mental ill health, or mental health difficulties, and then building partnerships to deliver the services and supports. There will be two city wide events, the first to capture the main themes and the second to capture work across the city and to begin to make these links. The locality events will be focused more around understanding the needs of that particular community, opening up local dialogue, and building relationships for future partnership working.
To registers for one/or more events or general enquiries please email: EdinburghPSP@nhslothian.scot.nhs.uk
- Locality – North West: 1st Feb, 11 – 2:30, Muirhouse Library
- City Wide: 8th Feb, 11 – 2:30, tbc
- Locality – North West: 22nd Feb, 11 – 2:30, Muirhouse Library
Royal Ed campus redevelopment rolls on
The project to redevelop the Royal Edinburgh Hospital campus has taken another major step forward with the keys of the £48 million first phase being exchanged in time for Christmas.
Preparations are now underway to start a rolling programme of service relocations to the new facilities and will see staff moving into their new surroundings throughout the first half of 2017.
New Year, new Dad?
Antenatal classes course for dads
Local MSP welcomes record high NHS staff levels
Staffing in Scotland’s NHS has increased by over 1,000 in the last year, taking workforce levels to a new record high. Continue reading Local MSP welcomes record high NHS staff levels
First sod cut at North West Partnership Centre
A sod cutting ceremony was carried out last week to officially mark the start of construction work on the first of three health and social care centres in Edinburgh and West Lothian. Maureen Watt, Minister for Mental Health, officially cut the ground on the North West Edinburgh Partnership Centre in Muirhouse on 6 July. Continue reading First sod cut at North West Partnership Centre
Celebrating Lothian’s health heroes
LOCAL healthcare workers have been honoured at a ceremony celebrating the best of the best of NHS Lothian staff. The annual ‘Celebrating Success Awards’ praised the hard-working NHS Lothian employees who give their heart and soul to deliver outstanding care to patients.