Lothian Health Board 2021 Report – Gender Representation on Public Boards (Scotland) Act 2018
Lothian Health Board has prepared and published this report in line with the requirements of the Gender Representation on Public Boards (Scotland) Act 2018 Regulations 2020. Those regulations came into force on 29 May 2020.
NHS Lothian Published Review into Discharge of Patients with COVID-19 to Care Homes
NHS Lothian has published its internal review of the discharge of patients to care homes during first months of the COVID-19 pandemic earlier this year. The review was commissioned by NHS Lothian to support its own good governance and in recognition of the legitimate, significant public interest in hospital discharges to care homes during that time.
RHCYP Internal Control and governance
A review of the governance around the work to build the Royal Hospital for Children and Young People, the Department of Clinical Neurosciences, and Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services has been completed.
The internal audit, which was commissioned by NHS Lothian, was designed to examine the governance and internal controls used throughout the project.
Lothian System – testing for care home workers revised
The Lothian system – incorporating the 4 Integration Joint Boards and NHS Lothian – is fully committed to delivering a robust approach to the management of the COVID-19 pandemic in the care homes in the Lothian. It recognises that this needs to be based on working in partnership with our care home operators and their staff and applying solid principles of public health management. We understand this requirement to be in three parts – management of outbreaks; surveillance and testing of asymptomatic care home workers.
Joint Health Protection Plan April 2018 – March 2020
This is the fifth Lothian Joint Health Protection Plan (JHPP), produced as a requirement under the Public Health etc (Scotland) Act 20081. This plan has been prepared in close collaboration between NHS Lothian and the four Local Authorities of the City of Edinburgh, East Lothian, Midlothian and West Lothian.
Joint Health Protection Plan April 2018 – March 2020 (Info Graphics)
NHS Lothian Volunteering Strategy 2018-2023
This Volunteering Strategy paper outlines in detail NHS Lothian’s plans to improve volunteering services, in terms of expansion as well as performance in the next five years. It acts as a blue print for achieving the full potential of volunteering for NHS Lothian, with the aim to benefit the local health economy.
NHS Lothian’s Strategic Clinical Framework – Our Health, Our Future
Our Health, Our Future sets out the principles and aims that will help us shape and deliver services over the next seven years and beyond. It underpins our approach to delivering Scotland’s vision for achieving sustainable, quality health care services and delivering a healthier future for everyone. As you will see from the framework, patient care and safety is the number one priority driving all our plans.
In developing the framework we have taken account of challenges we need to address, including the growing over 75 age group, health inequalities and the increase in multiple morbidity as a result of these factors, as well as changes to the workforce and continuing limited public resources. To continue to provide sustainable, quality healthcare for the people of Lothian, in the face of these challenges, we need to do some things differently.
Our Health, Our Future sets out our approach for developing and delivering our future models of care, ensuring that staff, patients and stakeholders are fully engaged in this programme of change and redesign.
NHS Lothian Annual Delivery Plan 2024-25
This document is NHS Lothian’s Annual Delivery Plan for the 2024-25 financial year.
A draft of this plan was presented to and agreed at the NHS Lothian Public Board Meeting in April 2024. It was finally agreed – unchanged – at the NHS Lothian Public Board Meeting in August 2024, following feedback from Scottish Government.
