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The Respiratory MCN are delighted to launch a new education platform via MS Teams to support Continued Professional Development for those, who have an interest in Respiratory Medicine, working in Primary and Secondary Care. To ensure a well-rounded learning experience and to cater for staff with busy schedules and geographical constraints. The Respiratory MCN will

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

Family Access Simpsons tour video  https://www.sscb.org/virtual-tour-simpson-neonatal-unit We value parents as partners in the care of their infants and want you to feel fully involved in your baby’s care. Parents have open access to their infant/s 24 hours a day. We particularly encourage parents to attend morning ward rounds to discuss the care of your baby

Christmas & New Year 2023-24 – Local Pharmacy Opening Hours If you have a minor illness a community pharmacy should be your first stop.  They can help with: Pharmacy teams are experts in medicines and can provide help and advice quickly without an appointment.  If needed, they can refer you onto other healthcare teams. How

Men can experience bladder, bowel, sexual problems and pelvic pain.  Physiotherapy and minor lifestyle changes can help reduce the symptoms. To find out more about your pelvic floor muscles, what can go wrong and what you can do to help, have a look at these short Pelvic Health Information videos Urinary incontinence is the involuntary loss of

The Delivery of Travel Vaccines in Scotland is Changing. To try and help manage the GP workload and make sure GPs are using their skills in the best way the Scottish Government along with the GPs agreed that giving vaccination should be moved away from General Practice.

The Lothian Birth Centre is an alongside midwifery-led maternity unit at the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh near the Simpson’s Maternity Unit. It offers a ‘home away from home’ environment to women and birthing people. As a midwife-led unit, we have a robust support mechanism to ensure gold standard safe maternity care. We are the experts

Being overweight increases the work the heart has to do, causes high blood pressure and leads to abnormal levels of fats in the blood. It is also associated with diabetes, respiratory disease, gall bladder problems and some cancers. Being able to control your weight and keep it within healthy levels can reduce your risk of cardiovascular

Learn Tell me more Self-Assess Tools for self-assessing What is a healthy weight for one person might not be ideal for another. However, it can be helpful to use a guide to assess whether our weight is within or close to a healthy range. To do this, we can use the Body Mass Index (BMI)