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Thank you!

Your donations make a huge difference

You’ve done something amazing today, and we can’t thank you enough.

Thanks to kind people like you, we can help support the incredible things that happen across NHS Lothian every day. Together, we can make healthcare better for those closest to us; friends, family, colleagues.

Here are some of the ways donations like yours are helping staff and patients across Edinburgh and the Lothians.

Group photo - Peer support weekend with Teenage Cancer Trust at Crieff Hydro

Finding Strength Together: A Peer Support Weekend at Crieff Hydro for Young People Living with Cancer

For young people living with cancer, life can feel isolating – friendships disrupted, routines turned upside down, and even a sense of who they are beyond their diagnosis becoming harder to hold onto

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board games at canaan ward, royal edinburgh hospital

Keeping patients connected with board games

Simple classic board games such Chess, Draughts, Dominoes, Scrabble, Ludo and Snakes and Ladders are having a big impact on patients in the later stages of dementia.

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three staff from bereavement services standing in front of a banner

Bringing Bereavement Support Closer to Home in East Lothian

Grief can feel isolating, but no one should face it alone. With support from NHS Lothian Charity, bereavement groups in East Lothian now provide safe, compassionate spaces for families to share, heal, and build resilience.

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woman looking through a microscope with a mask and goggles on

NHS Lothian Charity Supports New Pilot Study on Bowel Cancer Detection

A pioneering charity-funded research pilot offers hope for gentler tests and earlier detection of bowel cancer.

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