TV chef Jamie Oliver started the healthy eating revolution with children . . . now companies are being urged to follow suit. Staff at NHS Lothian are offering free advice and training to help local firms introduce healthy food in staff canteens. Businesses are also being given advice on other staff health issues. Sue Muir… Continue reading Companies urged to follow TV chef Jamie
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£8m health complex treats 50,000 patient
A PIONEERING Lothian health complex has treated its 50,000th patient. The £8 million Leith Community Treatment Centre, just off Great Junction Road, was opened last July by the then health minister Malcolm Chisholm. It provides a wide range of outpatient and day services for adults and children living in Leith and surrounding areas of north-east… Continue reading £8m health complex treats 50,000 patient
Improved sex education – in bid to reduce abuse
PEOPLE with learning disabilities are to get better sex education - thanks to a new initiative in Lothian. Public sector bosses hope the move will give disabled people clear guidance on their rights - and reduce cases of abuse. Brian Cavanagh, chair of NHS Lothian, said: "For a long time, the sexual and relationship needs… Continue reading Improved sex education – in bid to reduce abuse
Lothian NHS staff happy – but room for improvement
NEARLY 80 per cent of health workers in the Lothians enjoy working for the NHS. Even more think they are allowed to use their initiative to do their jobs. But only half of staff are aware of the health service’s long-term goals - and one in 10 workers said they had experienced bullying at work.… Continue reading Lothian NHS staff happy – but room for improvement
Life-saving boost to on-call doctors
CARING workers at Sun Microsystems in Linlithgow have donated a life-saving defibrillator to West Lothian's "out of hours" doctors' service. The machine - costing £3,700 - will be used by WestDoc to re-start the hearts of patients suffering cardiac arrests. The doctors' co-operative, which handles evening and weekend calls to local surgeries, provides cover for… Continue reading Life-saving boost to on-call doctors