Quality Improvement & Standards Team for Care Homes & Primary Care Settings Our aim is to support Care Homes and Primary Care Settings with Quality Improvement Projects. These may be generated by National Workstreams, Local Policy and Guidance, Best practice or Care Home specific projects. Please contact us on the email address provided, if you
Learn Tell me more Self-Assess Tools for self-assessing Are you struggling to manage your emotions? People who struggle to manage their emotions have feelings that are so extreme or intense that they get in the way of their every-day life. Here are some of the more common experiences: How your body might feel: Thoughts you
Constitution The Pharmacy Practice Committee (PPC) is a Committee of the Health Board, with delegated responsibility for considering applications received to join the Board’s Pharmaceutical List. The Committee is constituted under Schedule 4 of the General Pharmaceutical Services (Scotland) Regulations 2009 as amended. Committee comprises 7 members: Chair (Non-Executive Member of the NHS Board) 3
The amount of sleep required by each person varies. On average, people sleep between 7-9 hours a night, depending on a variety of things. Some people can function well with only 5-6 hours of sleep a night, whereas others may need up to 10 hours. It’s important that you find your own level.
Going home from hospital after surgery is a really positive step in your recovery. It means you can continue increasing the amount you are moving and start returning to normal activities. During your time in hospital you will have received excellent support from a whole range of professionals. For some people, going home may be
Visit MidSpace for Midlothian’s online source of mental health and wellbeing information. Please click the links for top tips for developing good mental health and emotional wellbeing for Children and Young People, Parents, and for Schools. Reaching Out Police ScotlandCall 999 in case of emergency. Midlothian Children and Families Service0131 271 3413, or Emergency Social Work Service (ESWS) is open during
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:
Who is an Unpaid Carer? An unpaid carer is anyone supporting a family member, partner, relative or friend, of any age, with help to manage a long-term condition, disability, physical or mental health condition or addiction. This could be someone caring for their mum who has dementia, their child who has additional support needs or
Following a traumatic event, your brain can stay in survival mode and the alarm can keep on ringing. This can make it difficult to use the thinking part of your brain to make sense of trauma.
Cryopreservation is the freezing of cells or tissues in order to preserve them for future use. Sperm freezing may be considered for certain medical conditions that require treatment that is likely to cause premature infertility (eg. chemotherapy, radiotherapy, drug/hormone therapy). Sperm cryopreservation may also be recommended for patients undergoing fertility treatment if there is difficultly
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