NHS Lothian
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| Created | 2001 |
| Headquarters | Waverley Gate 2-4 Waterloo Place, Edinburgh |
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| Area size | 4,732 square kilometres (1,827 sq mi) |
| Population | circa 800,000 |
| Type | NHS board |
| Hospitals | List |
| Website | www |
NHS Lothian is one of the fourteen regions of NHS Scotland. It provides healthcare services in the City of Edinburgh, East Lothian, Mid Lothian and West Lothian areas. Its headquarters are at Waverley Gate, Edinburgh
It is responsible for the care provided by around 29,000 staff at a number of locations:
The Edinburgh Community Health Partnership (CHP) has responsibilities around delivering community health services and also addressing inequalities in Edinburgh for NHS Lothian.
When the CHPs were established in 2005 they provided a single management structure, taking over control community services were transferred under their control. On 1 April 2007, Edinburgh Community Health Partnership was formed by the merging of 2 CHPs: Edinburgh North and Edinburgh South.
Accident and emergency departments are located within the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, St. John's Hospital and the Royal Hospital for Sick Children.
The Western General has a nurse led Minor Injury Dept. it is open every day of the year and treats, cuts, burns, infection and small bone breaks. It is an alternative to Accident And Emergency departments and helps to appropriately treat patients whilst helping to reduce inappropriate A & E attendance.
NHS Lothian headquarters are based at Waverley Gate, an office development within the facade of the former GPO in the centre of Edinburgh. They moved there in September 2010 from their old headquarters at Deaconess House, which was formerly the Deaconess Hospital.
It was established in 2001 as the 'umbrella' organisation for all Lothian health services.
There was also three NHS trusts operating in the area- Lothian University Hospitals, Lothian Primary Care and West Lothian Healthcare. The dissolution of these bodies in 2003-2004 meant that NHS Lothian would act as a single health authority, overseeing the planning and delivery of all the region's local health services.
The Chief Executive is Tim Davison.
The NHS Board members are:
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