🚨NHS Lothian's Emergency Departments are under extreme pressure.
If it is not a critical emergency, you face a very long wait if you come to our Emergency Department. If it's not critical but you think you need to be seen, please call 111 to get to the right place for your care.
Temperatures are expected to dip down to -6 overnight 🥶🌡️
Please take care when you're out and about. Wintery conditions can lead to busier A&Es due to slips, trips, and falls.
Try walking like a penguin and help keep yourself safe 🐧❤️
Thank you to #RMFHealth for sponsoring the tree at @LothianSjh and for helping to bring festive joy to @NHS_Lothian patients, along with bauble sponsor @shore_group. 🎄
The Mother & Baby Unit @LothianSjh were delighted to have a visit from @CanineConcern@TherapetC volunteers Annette and Lesley with TheraPet dogs Andrew and Harvest. Thank you so much, what a difference this makes to the patients & staff. Happy wee souls #therapetdogs
We had a lovely time at the Christmas lights switch on today.🎄 A heartfelt thanks to #RMFHealth for becoming our tree sponsor at St John’s Hospital and supporting Patients’ Christmas across NHS Lothian.💙
@RobertsonGroup@LothianSjh@NHS_Lothian
If you are aged 50 – 64 you can book your winter vaccines online at https://t.co/tr7pwqFhPa or by calling 0800 030 8013.
Don’t let your protection fade 💉❤️
#WinterVaccines
If you need urgent care, but it’s not a critical emergency, you should 📞 NHS 24 on 111 before going to A&E. If it’s an emergency, you should still call 999 or go straight to A&E 🚨
More info at https://t.co/RDlqLazopV
#RightCareRightPlace
SERVICE CHANGE AT ST JOHN'S
Don't forget that as of yesterday @LothianCountry services 280 & X27 have been withdrawn and altered respectively and will no longer serve @LothianSjh@mcgillswest services X22 and X25 will now serve the bus stops within the St John's Hospital site
This week is #LivingWageWeek and NHS Lothian is proud to be a Living Wage employer.
We already pay our own staff the Living Wage but, as a Living Wage accredited organisation, our suppliers and contractors must do so too.
To find out more, check out @LivingWageScot
Lovely visit and #actofkindness today from Joyce and Lorna who kit Muffle Muffs that are donated to the @LothianSjh MAC Unit particularly for Dementia patients. @AitkenFrances and volunteers Catriona & Sammy use them with great care. Such a lovely act of kindness #dementia