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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.


NHS Lothian 2019-20 Annual Operational Plan – 14 August 2019 (Final)

NHS Lothian’s 2019-20 Annual Operational Plan outlines the delivery of expected levels of operational performance for the coming year with a focus on supporting the delivery of national priorities associated with improvement in scheduled and unscheduled care, access to mental health and well-being services and greater progress and pace in the integration of Health and Social Care, delivering a shift in the balance of care from hospital to community services.

NHS Lothian Annual Operational Plan FINAL 140819

AOP – Annex A CAMHS and Psychological Therapies NHS Lothian June 2019

AOP – Waiting Times Improvement Template 2019 – 2021 NHS Lothian  Cancer Waits

AOP – Long Term Waiting Times Improvement Plan Template 2019 – 2021 – LothianV7 2

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.

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