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Mental Health after Covid Hospitalisation (MACH)

This short-term funded service, consisting of psychologists, psychiatrists and occupational therapists, provided mental health follow-up to people hospitalised with Covid-19 during the Covid pandemic. Although we are no longer in a position to accept referrals, we have created this webpage with videos and resources you may find helpful if you are recovering from Covid-19 and

MVP Working Group: Decision Making and Consent

One of the MVP’s current working groups is focusing on ways to support women making decisions about their care during pregnancy and at birth. This will link in with the review of NHS Guidelines on Consent. 1. What do we want to happen? We would like pregnant women and pregnant persons (and their family) to be fully involved

Mothers’ Voices 2019 – Full Report

2019 Mothers’ Voices The MSLC in partnership with the Pregnancy and Parents Centre held a Mothers’ Voices event on Thursday 6th June 2019. This gave the opportunity to around 35 new mothers (and fathers) to talk about their experience of maternity services and to meet NHS Lothian maternity services staff to tell them what matters to them. It

Manual for Mealtimes

Aim and Objectives Resources and related materials for The Manual for Mealtimes You can view and download the “Manual for Mealtimes: supporting residents with eating and drinking”. It includes information on how and when to refer to Speech and Language Therapy (SLT) You can view a A Vimeo video on Manual for Mealtimes  The presentation

What are we doing?

We are taking action and making improvements as a result of what you said to us. This page will be updated regularly  to tell you about our progress. Latest update: 6 February 2024. Thank you for telling us about your maternity care. Your feedback makes a difference! Induction of Labour The Maternity Voices Partnership gets

Nutrition and Malnutrition Screening (MUST) Education and Training

The dietetic team are able to provide bespoke training to all care home staff involved in supporting people living in care homes, to have a healthy and nutritious diet. This bespoke training is delivered face to face, within the care home in short 1 hour sessions. Training topics include: Bespoke training is designed for all

Lothian Maternity Voices Partnership

Find out more about the Maternity Voices Partnership What is the Lothian Maternity Voices Partnership (MVP)? An MVP is a unique way of improving maternity services by listening to the families who use them. Volunteer parents meet with NHS Lothian midwives, doctors and administrators six times a year. They work together to understand the issues, find

Essentials in Psychological Care – Dementia

Some of the Behaviour Support Services have a remit to deliver this training to Care Homes within their Health and Social Care Partnership area as part of the Stress and Distress national training plan . Essentials in Psychological Care – Dementia Training Programme for the Care Home Sector (skilled level) The aim of this one day Essentials

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