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Latest News

  • Following a visit from the Care Inspectorate, and a paper highlighting extensive refurbishment works required at Eskgreen Care Home, elected members were faced with making a difficult decision regarding the future of Eskgreen Care Home.

    Read more about 16/01/2023 Decisions taken regarding the future of Eskgreen Care Home, Musselburgh
  • Monthly progress reports on the 17 recommendations made within the recent 'External review into access and capacity at Riverside Medical Practice, Musselburgh', can be viewed by clicking this link. [External Website]

    Read more about 30/12/2022 Riverside Medical Review progress reports
  • With the understanding that women offend for different reasons than men, East Lothian's Justice Social Work's 'Connect Programme' supports women across the county, who have either been involved in offending, or who are at risk of coming into contact with the Police.

    Read more about 19/12/2022 East Lothian’s positive actions to support women at risk of offending
  • 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.

    Read more about 21/11/2022 Access to banking for those with no fixed address
  • 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.

    Read more about 20/9/2022 National Falls Week 20 - 23 Sept 2022
  • 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

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