NHS staff and buses hailed

LOTHIAN Buses has been praised for the level of service it maintained during the severe winter weather.

NHS Lothian chief executive James Barbour has written to the company expressing the organisation's gratitude in helping staff and patients get around throughout November and December.

He said the buses were "instrumental" in helping the NHS keep some kind of order as people struggled to move around the Capital.

Mr Barbour has also expressed his gratitude to staff who went "above and beyond" to get to their work.

He said: "This board should be aware that staff have shown enormous commitment to keep services running in the face of considerable pressures."