NHS Lothian

NHS Lothian
Created 2001 (2001)
Headquarters Waverley Gate 2-4 Waterloo Place, Edinburgh
Region served
Area size 4,732 square kilometres (1,827 sq mi)
Population circa 800,000
Type NHS board
Hospitals List
Website www.nhslothian.scot.nhs.uk

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

Services

It is responsible for the care provided by around 29,000 staff at a number of locations:[1]

Community Health Partnerships

The Edinburgh Community Health Partnership (CHP) has responsibilities around delivering community health services and also addressing inequalities in Edinburgh for NHS Lothian.[2]

When the CHPs were established in 2005 they provided a single management structure, taking over control community services were transferred under their control.[3] On 1 April 2007, Edinburgh Community Health Partnership was formed by the merging of 2 CHPs: Edinburgh North and Edinburgh South.[4]

NHS Lothian's Accident and Emergency

Accident and emergency departments are located within the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, St. John's Hospital and the Royal Hospital for Sick Children.

Minor Injury Dept

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.

Hospitals

Headquarters

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.

History

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.[5]

Governance

Chief executive

The Chief Executive is Tim Davison.[6]

Board members

The NHS Board members are:[7]

  • Mr Brian Houston: Non-Executive Lay Member (Chair)
  • Mrs Kay Blair: Non-Executive Lay Member
  • Dr Morag Bryce: Non Executive Lay Member
  • Mrs Julie McDowell: Non-Executive Lay Member
  • Mr George Walker: Non-Executive Lay Member
  • Dr Richard Williams: Chairman, Local Medical Committee, Non-Executive Stakeholder Member
  • Mr Alex Joyce: Non-Executive Stakeholder Member
  • Mrs Alison Meiklejohn: Non-Executive Stakeholder Member
  • Professor John Iredale: Dean of Clinical Medicine, University of Edinburgh, Non-Executive Stakeholder Member
  • Cllr Ricky Henderson: Non-Executive Stakeholder Member
  • Cllr Frank Toner: Non-Executive Stakeholder Member
  • Cllr Donald Grant: Non-Executive Stakeholder Member
  • Cllr Catherine Johnstone: Non-Executive Stakeholder Member
  • Mr Michael Ash: Non-Executive Board Member
  • Mr Jeremy Brettell: Non-Executive Board Member
  • Mrs Alison Mitchell: Non-Executive Board Member
  • Mr Graeme Warner: Non-Executive Board Member
  • Mr Robert Wilson: Non-Executive Board Member
  • Mrs Shulah Allan: Non-Executive Member
  • Mr Tim Davison: Executive Member (Chief Executive)
  • Dr David Farquarson: Executive Member (Medical Director)
  • Mrs Susan Goldsmith: Executive Member (Director of Finance)
  • Ms Melanie Johnson: Executive Member (Nurse Director)
  • Professor Alison McCallum: Executive Member (Director of Public Health & Health Policy)

Performance

Between April 2014 and February 2015 the board paid out almost £8 million to private hospitals for the treatment of more than 4,500 patients in order to meet waiting time targets.[8] In an attempt to comply with the Scottish Treatment Time Guarantee, a 12-week target for inpatient or day-case patients waiting for treatment, the board spent £11.3 million on private hospital treatment for NHS patients in 2013-14.[9]

Controversy

Professor James Barbour OBE announced his early retirement from the position of chief executive on 28 April 2012, following accusations of a culture of bullying and manipulation of waiting list times in NHS Lothian.[10]

References

  1. ↑ "Locations". NHS Lothian. 1 June 2011. Retrieved 8 July 2014.
  2. ↑ "Community: Edinburgh CHP". NHS Lothian. 27 August 2013. Retrieved 11 September 2014.
  3. ↑ "Changes to cut health service bureaucracy on way". The Scotsman. 6 February 2007. Retrieved 11 September 2007.
  4. ↑ "Products and services: GPD Support: Geography". Information Services Division Scotland. Retrieved 11 September 2014.
  5. ↑ "Our organisation: About us". NHS Lothian. 1 June 2011. Retrieved 11 August 2014.
  6. ↑ "NHS Lothian announces new Chief Executive". Nhslothian.scot.nhs.uk. 2012-07-31. Retrieved 2012-09-14.
  7. ↑ "Board Members". NHS Lothian. 6 January 2014. Retrieved 8 July 2014.
  8. ↑ "NHS spends millions in private sector despite SNP 'clampdown'". Herald Scotland. 18 April 2015. Retrieved 13 July 2015.
  9. ↑ "NHS Lothian's £1m a month private hospital bill". Edinburgh News. 21 September 2015. Retrieved 3 October 2015.
  10. ↑ McEwan, Alan (28 April 2012). "NHS Lothian chief takes retirement amid waiting times scandal". Edinburgh Evening News. Retrieved 11 August 2014.
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