Health
Alex Salmond gives guarantee on new Sick Kids hospital
POLITICIANS regularly have to register interests in everything from chairmanships to shareholdings.
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Coping with teenage depression
HE lounges about in bed all day or sits glued to the Xbox, emerging from another Call of Duty kill session only to grunt the word “pizza” before retreating back to zombie mode.
Health chiefs spend £22,500 on iPads for senior managers
HEALTH chiefs have spent £22,500 on 35 iPads for board members and senior managers.
Health chiefs threaten to scrap new Sick Kids hospital
HEALTH chiefs are to consider scrapping plans to build a new Sick Kids Hospital at Little France after revealing the project has been delayed again.
24 commentsCarer breaks up for award
AN innovative council service to provide breaks for carers has been shortlisted for a major Scottish care award.
Capital’s crew leads in yacht race
the Capital’s entry in the Clipper Round the World yacht race is leading for the first time since the challenge began last July.
Breakthrough after Capital team’s stroke drug trial
A MAJOR trial of a drug for stroke victims by city scientists could pave the way for more people to be given the life- saving treatment.
Widow reaches out to ‘like’-minded Facebook users
A YOUNG widow who is writing a book to help children cope with grief as she fights breast cancer has set up a page on social networking website Facebook in anticipation of a major fundraising drive.
Fury at ERI crime check delay
STAFF at the Edinburgh Royal Infirmary have still not undergone criminal checks, four months after the Evening News revealed that private operator Consort had failed to carry them out.
4 commentsLadies who lunch raise £40k for Maggie’s
A FUNDRAISING lunch has raised £41,532 for Maggie’s Cancer Caring Centres.
Games on in Lothians
The West Lothian Highland Games will take place at Meadow Park, in Bathgate, on Saturday.
Mum left without food for a week
THE family of a pensioner have been left furious after she was forced to go without food for more than a week while she waited for an operation.
5 commentsRise in over-60s who self-harm
THERE has been a sharp rise in the number of over-60s hospitalised for self-harm in the Lothians.
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Hope corneal stem cell transplant can treat hereditary condition
A WOMAN who received the UK’s first corneal stem cell transplant today told how her son’s struggle with a hereditary eye condition inspired her to try the treatment.
Holidays blamed as measures to cut NHS waiting times stall
ATTEMPTS to cut the number of patients waiting too long for treatment in the Lothians stalled during April, NHS Lothian has said.
5 commentsMembers for NHS youth forum sought
new members are being sought for NHS Lothian’s Young People’s Advisory Group (YPAG).
2 commentsMidlothian Community Health Partnership to look at homeopathy services
A REVIEW of homeopathy services is to be carried out in the Lothians.
Pop-up shop to offer mental health advice
a MENTAL health “pop-up shop” is being opened in Rose Street today by Still Game star Sanjeev Kohli.
3 commentsMedics call for trauma action
the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh has released a report calling for change to major trauma care in Scotland.
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Please let me have nursing cover so I can go to school - Disabled boy pens heartfelt appeal to new health chief
A severely disabled boy who needs help to write has penned a letter to the new head of NHS Lothian begging him to arrange the nursing cover that would let him go to school.
NHS Lothian waiting list scandal hits 7000
THE number of patients waiting too long for hospital treatment in the Lothians reached at least 7000 in the wake of the waiting lists scandal, it has been revealed.
19 commentsCalls to create NHS whistleblowing hotline
THERE were calls in the Scottish Parliament yesterday for a national NHS whistleblowing phone line to be set up in the wake of the NHS Lothian waiting lists scandal.
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Children’s grief guide author in cancer fight
A YOUNG widow who is writing a book on bereavement for children after her husband died in front of their son has been diagnosed with breast cancer.
Drive sees hospital outbreaks plummet across NHS Lothian
The number of superbug infections in Lothian hospitals has plummeted, new figures show.
3 commentsChinese seek health advice
CHINESE health officials have visited an Edinburgh hospital for advice on setting up eating disorder services.
DJ can barely walk but the government took our car
A FAMILY with a disabled son who is unable to walk to school have been stripped of their car by the UK Government.
13 commentsCharity aids in dementia care awards
A CHARITY based in the Capital is helping to launch the first-ever Scotland’s Dementia Awards.
All’s well at city hospital as new inspection put to test
Inspectors have given a clean bill of health to Liberton Hospital after the first of a new generation of inspections to be carried out in the Lothians.
3 commentsStudy on the spread of MRSA between hospitals published
researchers at Edinburgh University have published a study of how the superbug MRSA spreads between hospitals.
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Crohns star Tracy in marathon ambition
A WOMAN who has faced major surgery for a rare bowel condition is to run in this month’s Edinburgh Marathon Festival.
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City engineer leads project in Tanzania to install running water
A Tanzanian hospital with no access to hot running water has been thrown a lifeline after an Edinburgh engineer came up with a solution using bits of old beds.
1 commentSturgeon joy at research
Deputy First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has welcomed the announcement by six major pharmaceutical firms that they are investing over £14 million into new drug treatments for major global diseases.
James Barbour profile: From hospital porter to chief executive
JAMES Barbour was educated at Madras College, St Andrews and the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow where he gained a BA Joint Honours degree in politics, sociology and economics. He first worked in the NHS as a hospital porter and entered the Graduate Management Training Scheme in 1977. He subsequently worked in posts in Glasgow, at the Great Ormond Street Group of Hospitals in London, Manchester and Aberdeen.
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NHS Lothian bullying report: Calls for review of retired chief’s payout
A DAMNING report into bullying at NHS Lothian has described an “undermining, intimidating, demeaning, threatening and hostile working environment” at the health board.
Gavin Hastings launches hospital open day before big move
RUGBY legend Gavin Hastings is to kick off an open day at the Royal Victoria Hospital tomorrow, which is being held to give members of the public a last chance to bid goodbye to the hospital before it closes.
Coeliac disease gives food for thought
WHEN little Kinloch Law became fussy with his food, mum Marie hoped it was just a passing toddler phase.
Calls for quick publication of NHS bullying findings
Calls have been made for the swift publication of a report into the alleged bullying culture at NHS Lothian after Health Minister Nicola Sturgeon revealed she had already received its preliminary findings.
Mum beats £50k Maggie’s target
A MOTHER-OF-TWO who has incurable cancer has smashed her goal of raising £50,000 for Maggie’s Cancer Caring Centres in less than five months.
Couple celebrate £850,000 lottery win
A COUPLE from Midlothian have won almost £1 million playing the National Lottery.
Chef cooking up help for teen victims
TEENAGERS with the digestive disorder coeliac disease are to receive a free cooking lesson at Queen Margaret University to help them manage their condition.
University joins ‘see me’ mental health campaign
QUEEN Margaret is the latest Scottish university to work with the “see me” campaign to tackle the stigma surrounding mental health.
307 under-18s treated for drug or alcohol abuse
MORE than 300 youngsters were admitted to emergency wards in the Lothians to be treated after taking drugs or alcohol in 12 months, it was reported today.
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The woman with 50 tumours
THE operation was supposed to be straightforward, nothing for Carol Hamilton to worry about. And as she woke up, still woozy after going under the surgeon’s knife, the 47-year-old expected she’d have a couple of days to recover and then be right back to normal.
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NHS chiefs ‘sorry’ for treatment of patient
HEALTH chiefs have offered an “unreserved apology” to the family of an elderly man for mistakes in his care and the unfeeling treatment he received from doctors.
4 commentsAll bets off as racecourse wins top title
MUSSELBURGH Racecourse has been named Racecourse of the Year at a betting industry awards ceremony.
Our struggle with dementia may be ‘blueprint for care’
THE self-penned story of a man whose wife was diagnosed with dementia is to be sent to 14,000 care home workers around Britain to encourage them to treat their residents with compassion.
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Nurse ‘failed to see patient had died’
A NURSE accused of failing to notice that a patient was dead faces being struck off.
Deaf issues in spotlight
Deaf Action will be taking an information stall around Edinburgh and the Lothians to mark Deaf Awareness Week, which starts on Monday.
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Removing depression stigma is Iain Russell’s goal
Livingston star Iain Russell tackles the unspoken issue in football – mental health
4 commentsClub raises charity cash
THE Euan MacDonald Centre, which carries out research into Motor Neurone Disease, has received £520 from the Rotary Club of Corstorphine.
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