This page will include updates that have been issued from the Scottish Government, Public Health Scotland, NHS Lothian or Health and Social Care Partnerships.
Latest news items will be available for 4 weeks on this page. Please click on the heading to see the full post.
Come along to the – Falls and Frailty Forum
We’d like to welcome all Care Home staff and members of associated teams to the Falls and Frailty Forum, please see the flyer below for more details and feel free to download it for staff in your Care Home[...]
**NEW** Scabies information
The Care Homes “Outbreaks: Prevention, testing and management of common illnesses and infections” page has been updated with new information on scabies – please view the scabies section of the page. Information includes: Please visit the East Region Health Protection Service webpage for outbreak notification forms for Scabies[...]
NEW! Spring edition of the CHIT CHAT Newsletter
The NHS Lothian Care Home and Integrated Teams Chat (CHIT CHAT) newsletter is compiled by the Quality Improvement Team for Care Homes and Primary Care Settings for Care Homes in Lothian. The newsletter features contributions from integrated teams (such as, tissue viability or CET) and Care Homes themselves in their own words. The newsletter will no longer be posted out to all Care[...]
