NHS Lothian
| NHS Lothian | |
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| Created | 2001 |
| Headquarters | Waverley Gate 2-4 Waterloo Place, Edinburgh |
| Region served | <templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/> |
| Area size | 4,732 square kilometres (1,827 sq mi) |
| Population | circa 800,000 |
| Type | NHS board |
| Hospitals | List |
| Website | www |
NHS Lothian is one of the fourteen regions of NHS Scotland. It provides healthcare services in the City of Edinburgh, East Lothian, Mid Lothian and West Lothian areas. Its headquarters are at Waverley Gate, Edinburgh
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Services
It is responsible for the care provided by around 29,000 staff at a number of locations:[1]
- 21 hospitals, including 4 major teaching hospitals
- 126 GP practices
- 180 community pharmacies
- 173 dental practices
- 112 ophthalmic practices
Community Health Partnerships
The Edinburgh Community Health Partnership (CHP) has responsibilities around delivering community health services and also addressing inequalities in Edinburgh for NHS Lothian.[2]
When the CHPs were established in 2005 they provided a single management structure, taking over control community services were transferred under their control.[3] On 1 April 2007, Edinburgh Community Health Partnership was formed by the merging of 2 CHPs: Edinburgh North and Edinburgh South.[4]
NHS Lothian's Accident and Emergency
Accident and emergency departments are located within the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, St. John's Hospital and the Royal Hospital for Sick Children.
Minor Injury Dept
The Western General has a nurse led Minor Injury Dept. it is open every day of the year and treats, cuts, burns, infection and small bone breaks. It is an alternative to Accident And Emergency departments and helps to appropriately treat patients whilst helping to reduce inappropriate A & E attendance.
Hospitals
City of Edinburgh
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East Lothian
Midlothian
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Headquarters
NHS Lothian headquarters are based at Waverley Gate, an office development within the facade of the former GPO in the centre of Edinburgh. They moved there in September 2010 from their old headquarters at Deaconess House, which was formerly the Deaconess Hospital.
History
It was established in 2001 as the 'umbrella' organisation for all Lothian health services.
There was also three NHS trusts operating in the area- Lothian University Hospitals, Lothian Primary Care and West Lothian Healthcare. The dissolution of these bodies in 2003-2004 meant that NHS Lothian would act as a single health authority, overseeing the planning and delivery of all the region's local health services.[5]
Governance
Chief executive
The Chief Executive is Tim Davison.[6]
Board members
The NHS Board members are:[7]
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Performance
Between April 2014 and February 2015 the board paid out almost £8 million to private hospitals for the treatment of more than 4,500 patients in order to meet waiting time targets.[8] In an attempt to comply with the Scottish Treatment Time Guarantee, a 12 week target for inpatient or day-case patients waiting for treatment, the board spent £11.3 million on private hospital treatment for NHS patients in 2013-14.[9]
Controversy
Professor James Barbour OBE announced his early retirement from the position of chief executive on 28 April 2012, following accusations of a culture of bullying and manipulation of waiting list times in NHS Lothian.[10]
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