Lothian Unscheduled Care Service (LUCS) provides out of hours general medical services to the population of Lothian and temporary residents. LUCS has been operating as a service since October 2004.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It provides primary care services to patients when local GP practices are closed (6pm \u2013 8am Monday to Friday and 24 hours a day at weekends and on public holidays).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
LUCS covers a patient population of approximately 887,600 across the City of Edinburgh and throughout East, West and Midlothian.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Clinical services provided by LUCS clinicians include patient assessment and treatment: by telephone triage; telephone advice to patients; direct face to face consultations in a primary care emergency centre (PCEC) and where necessary on home visits. From time to time clinicians are also required to provide other clinical support: examples include major incident responses, public health measures and response to events such as pandemic alerts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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