What is a health visitor? A health visitor is a qualified nurse or midwife who has completed specialist training in children and family health. They offer support and advice regarding the wellbeing of your child until the school years. What care does your health visitor provide? Your health visitor will provide you with specialist up-to-date advice
This is a video from The Social by BBC Scotland. Caragh shares her experiences and gives examples of exercises that help her manage anxiety and panic attacks.
Panic is when we experience a sudden surge of intense fear. This comes along with physical sensations and frightened thoughts, which can make us feel even more panicked and create a vicious cycle.
Who we are? What we do? The Lothian Primary Care Lymphoedema Service (LPCLS) is a specialist service targeting the management of patients with primary/secondary Lymphoedema/chronic oedema. This is primarily an outpatient service. Where are we based? We run 5 clinics across Lothian. The hub clinic is based at: Wester Hailes Healthy Living Centre30 Harvester WayEdinburghEH14 3JFTel:
CBT for Insomnia is an evidence based set of interventions effective in the treatment of Insomnia and sleep problems. This workbook can be used either alone or with the support of your Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner.
What is a Community of Practice? A Community of Practice provides a model for connecting people in the spirit of learning, knowledge sharing, and collaboration. It is also a safe, respectful place for discussion where everyone’s input is valued. Find out more about Communities of Practice on this website Lothian Community of Practice Our Community
Adult Weight Management & Type 2 Diabetes Prevention Adult Weight Management and Type 2 Diabetes Prevention Service Child Healthy Weight Child Healthy Weight Diabetes Where we see people with diabetes Referrals We see people who have been referred into any of the above diabetes clinics. Referrals are usually made by a Consultant, GP, or other
OCD is short for Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. It’s a relatively common mental health difficulty which includes having difficult thoughts, uncomfortable feelings, and repetitive behaviours. The behaviours are often used as a way of coping with the difficult thoughts and feelings, however in OCD this way of coping becomes unhelpful.
The Scottish Recovery Consortium has developed a self-help resource called the Scottish Recovery Workbook. It supports 12-step meetings, SMART recovery meetings, recovery communities and faith groups that contribute to recovery.
Last year, due to COVID-19, we had to make some big changes to the process of death certification and registration. We’re now reviewing those changes to ensure we are getting it right for families or if we could improve anything to make the process easier. If someone close to you has died recently in an
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