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The Difference Your Donations Make

Your support has an incredible impact on staff and patient health and wellbeing across Edinburgh and the Lothians.

Thanks to our fundraisers, donors and partners, we are able to enhance environments for both patients and staff, improve patient and staff experience and help transform the way that care is delivered. None of this would be possible without people who choose to give their time and money to make a difference for other patients and families, and give something back to those who provided exceptional care to them or their loved ones.

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Supporting Patient Rehabilitation And Recovery

Thanks to donations received through our NHS Lothian COVID-19 Appeal, and grants received from NHS Charities Together, the Robert Fergusson […]

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Supporting Patients Through Virtual Visiting

During these unprecedented times, more and more people are using mobile phones to stay in touch with family and friends. […]

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Supporting Patients With Cancer During COVID-19

Since the emergence of COVID-19, patients with cancer have experienced significant changes to cancer care and treatment. Many uncertainties exist […]

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Why I Want To Create A Wellbeing Space For Me And My Team

Kirsty Jack, a Senior Charge Nurse at Midlothian Community Hospital, tells us why creating a calm and comforting staff wellbeing […]

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Providing Art And Activity Packs For Patients During Visiting Restrictions

Thanks to generous donations received through our NHS Lothian COVID-19 Appeal and grants from NHS Charities Together, we have been […]

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Supporting Access To Health Walks At The Royal Infirmary

Thanks to support from NHS Lothian Charity, a new Health Walk has been established around the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh. […]

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Supporting Patients Who Don’t Have Access To Clothing Or Toiletries

When Sam Stirling, Senior Physiotherapist at the Western General Hospital, Edinburgh, started the Clothes Bank in her spare time back […]

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Supporting Staff Wellbeing Through Creative Filmmaking

Our Tonic Arts team launched a series of documentary style short films featuring NHS Lothian staff telling their stories of what life […]

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Michaelagh’s Story – Supporting Families Impacted By Cancer

Every year the FACE team takes children who have been impacted by cancer to Lapland, giving them a magical day where they meet the ‘real’ Santa.

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Tricia’s Story – Caring For Mums At Christmas

My name is Tricia Breslin, and I work at the St John’s Mental Health Mother and Baby Unit in Livingston. […]