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East Lothian Councillors have pledged their support and commitment to end violence against women and girls as part of White Ribbon Day 2022.
Read more about 25/11/2022 Councillors mark White Ribbon Day -
Helping to break the cycle of financial exclusion. East Lothian Justice Social Work in partnership with Shelter and HSBC can help people with no fixed address to open a bank account.
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East Lothian Health and Social Care Partnership (ELH&SCP) has launched an innovative project to reduce pressures on hospital care this winter and help streamline the discharge process for patients.
Read more about 14/11/2022 East Lothian Allied Health Professionals' In Reach Project at Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh -
East Lothian’s Justice Social Work Service have been selected as finalists at the Scottish Social Service Awards for their efforts in creating a safer community by embracing and implementing world class systems.
Read more about 31/10/2022 Award Nomination for East Lothian Justice Social Work Team -
A press release summarising the performance and experience of delivering social work services across Children’s and Adult Services during the second year of the COVID pandemic 2021-22.
Read more about 26/10/2022 Social Work Annual Report 2021-22 Presented to Councillors -
The report of an external review looking at access and capacity at Riverside Medical Practice, Musselburgh has been published today. Read the report, and accompanying press release here.
Read more about 23/9/2022 Publication of the external review report into the access and capacity of Riverside Medical Practice, Musselburgh -
From a simple trip to a catastrophic fall, the impact of falling can have disastrous consequences. Learn about preventative actions to prevent falls.
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East Lothian Community Hospital became the first hospital in Scotland to use a new process called Electronic Observation (eObs) on the existing patient TRAKCare monitoring system.
Read more about 02/09/2022 Advanced Patient Care Monitoring Technology at East Lothian Community Hospital -
Your opportunity to re-imagine health & social care in East Lothian. Find out more and take the survey. (Closes on 8th Sept 2022)
Read more about 04/08/2022 Planning for an ageing population