{"id":491,"date":"2025-01-03T16:07:00","date_gmt":"2025-01-03T16:07:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nhslothian-services.testing.nhsscotland.net\/healthscreening\/?page_id=3"},"modified":"2025-01-03T16:11:13","modified_gmt":"2025-01-03T16:11:13","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/services.nhslothian.scot\/healthscreening\/","title":{"rendered":"Health Screening"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-getwid-section labcover headingblockmargin gowide videoheader alignfull alignfull getwid-section-content-full-width\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-section__wrapper getwid-padding-left-medium getwid-padding-right-medium getwid-margin-left-none getwid-margin-right-none\" style=\"min-height:650px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:0px\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-section__inner-wrapper\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-section__background-holder\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-section__background\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-section__background-slider-wrapper\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-section__background-slider\" data-autoplay=\"true\" data-autoplay-speed=\"3000\" data-slide-effect=\"fade\" data-slide-speed=\"1500\" data-infinite=\"true\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-section__background-slider-item\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/services.nhslothian.scot\/healthscreening\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/95\/2022\/11\/microscope.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-1222\" alt=\"A man in a white coat sitting at a microscope placing a slide under the viewer\" data-id=\"1222\" srcset=\"https:\/\/services.nhslothian.scot\/healthscreening\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/95\/2022\/11\/microscope.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/services.nhslothian.scot\/healthscreening\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/95\/2022\/11\/microscope-300x141.jpg 300w, https:\/\/services.nhslothian.scot\/healthscreening\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/95\/2022\/11\/microscope-1024x480.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/services.nhslothian.scot\/healthscreening\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/95\/2022\/11\/microscope-768x360.jpg 768w, https:\/\/services.nhslothian.scot\/healthscreening\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/95\/2022\/11\/microscope-1536x720.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/services.nhslothian.scot\/healthscreening\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/95\/2022\/11\/microscope-1520x713.jpg 1520w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-section__background-slider-item\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/services.nhslothian.scot\/healthscreening\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/95\/2022\/11\/PETRE.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-1221\" alt=\"A technician with a pipette and petri dishes. Staff preparing a petri dish to create a culture, with a swab. 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