Find out more about the Maternity Voices Partnership What is the Lothian Maternity Voices Partnership? The MVP is a unique collaborative forum where the families who access maternity and neonatal services and the people who work for NHS Lothian get together to review these services. The charities and organisations that support families are also represented. Through open
City of Edinburgh Midlothian East Lothian West Lothian Lothian-wide support Scotland-wide Support for Perinatal Mental Health
A self-help guide for coping with bereavement and grief that uses cognitive behavioural therapy – CBT.
MEHIS can provide information and advice on health and other services and search out information resources in your own language or assist you to understand information from English language resources. Multi-lingual Linkworker/Advocacy service MEHIS can: How will MEHIS do this? MEHIS Link workers will: How can I contact MEHIS? You, a family member or friend
What do I share with the G.P if I think I have an Eating Disorder? We know that many people can feel embarrassed about having an eating disorder or feel that their problem is not a “real” eating disorder because they are not underweight or a young woman. In our service in Lothian, at least
Making and sterilising bottles Not everyone chooses to breastfeed their baby. If bottle feeding is your method of choice, then the staff here in the neonatal unit are available to support you. You may feel that you want to bottle feed with expressed breast milk (EBM) or use the formula milks that are available to
Learn Tell me more Self-Assess Tools for self-assessing Do you worry too much about your health? If you find that you’re preoccupied with your health and frequently thinking that you have an illness, then you may have something called health anxiety. If so, you might recognise some of the common experiences described below: How your
If I give birth in hospital, when can I go home? You can go home as soon as you feel able and as long as there are no concerns with either you or your baby. We would usually suggest six hours after the birth if all is well. What if I need to stay in longer? We
Strict dieting is unsustainable for most people. Use this resource to consider how to make gradual and realistic changes to move towards a healthier lifestyle.
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The main section for NHS Lothian. Includes information on hospitals and locations, what to do in emergencies, our waiting times, your rights, immunisations and how to volunteer.
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Information on Dentists, GPs, Opticians, Pharmacies and an A-Z of healthcare services provided by NHS Lothian.
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Details of our NHS Board, strategies, accounts, planning, key documents and Freedom of Information requests.
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Information for our Staff including Staff Benefits, Staff Networks, Staff Support and Professional Education sites.
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