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New NHS Lothian Mental Health Service

Monday to Friday from 9am-4pm
Telephone – 01620 642963

This newly established NHS service is accessible to people aged 18 and upwards who are registered with an East Lothian GP practice and are looking for support with their mental health. The team is staffed by experienced Mental Health Occupational Therapists and Community Mental Health Nurses who will work with patients with symptoms of anxiety, emotional distress, low mood, psychosis, known mental health problems, depression, schizophrenia and bipolar disorder.

There is no requirement to contact your GP Practice first. Patients can self refer to the service by contacting the team (based at East Lothian Community Hospital) on the telephone number above. Due to the Covid19 crisis, consultations will be telephone based with the option to also use video conferencing.

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NHS Lothian Minor Injury Assessment by video call

If you have a minor injury you can now call NHS Lothian’s Call MIA service and be given a minor injury assessment by video call in your own home.

Please call 07977 246848 where you will be offered an appointment for a private and secure video call assessment with a specialist Nurse Practitioner. The call is both private and confidential and will never be recorded. Continue reading “NHS Lothian Minor Injury Assessment by video call”

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Inpatient Hospital Care for Children Public Meetings, 3rd and 10th March

NHSlothianPublic meetings will be held in March as part of a review of inpatient hospital care for children in NHS Lothian.

Patients, families, carers, staff and the public are invited to go along to their local events organised by NHS Lothian and held in East Lothian, Edinburgh, Midlothian and West Lothian.
Two events in each area of Lothian will be held to ensure people who are interested in hospital care for children have their chance to hear about the review and express their views. The views gathered at these meetings will be fed back to the team that is conducting an independent review of inpatient hospital care for children in NHS Lothian before the deadline of March 18th.
In East Lothian Public Meetings will be held in Bleachingfield Centre, Dunbar on Thursday 3rd March at 1pm and in Fisherrow Centre, Musselburgh on Thursday 10th March at 6:30pm.