Welcome to our NHS Lothian Nursing and Midwifery Website
We are proud to be launching our new Nursing and Midwifery Strategic Plan (2023 – 2028) Connecting our Communities, Realising our Ambitions, which provides a roadmap to make NHS Lothian a great place to work and a great place to be cared for.
The NHS Lothian Nursing and Midwifery Workforce
Nurses and midwives provide care and treatment across all our services in Edinburgh, East Lothian, Midlothian and West Lothian.
We employ more than 12,000 people in registered and support nursing and midwifery roles, providing care to a population of more than 850,000 people.
Distribution of NHS Lothian Nursing and Midwifery Workforce (March 2023)
The Nursing and Midwifery Family
Some of our senior nurses and midwives talking about what makes NHS Lothian a great place to work.
Reimagining Nursing and Midwifery
Find out about our vision and five key ambitions for the next five years, describing the key deliverables necessary to build the foundations which will support and empower nurses and midwives to shape a sustainable future and drive improvements in best practice within our own professional community and for the communities we serve.