Notice of Public Meeting

Public meetings will be held next month 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.  Details are below.

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.

Independent Review information

NHS Lothian has asked the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH) to conduct an independent expert review of inpatient hospital services for children.  The team of experts at the RCPCH is carrying out an extensive and robust analysis of the current service to ensure that NHS Lothian can continue to deliver safe, effective and sustainable patient care.  The college has already been gathering views through an online survey and a series of focus groups held with patients, parents and carers.

Details of the meetings are as follows:

East Lothian

Midlothian

Edinburgh

West Lothian

For more information on the RCPCH Review and to complete the confidential online survey, which will continue to run until the end of the review, visit: 
http://www.rcpch.ac.uk/improving-child-health/better-nhs-children/service-delivery/invited-reviews/lothian-review/lothian-r

The deadline to submit all surveys or comments is 12.00noon, 18 March 2016

Lesley Baxter
Public Involvement Manager
NHS Lothian
Waverley Gate
2 – 4 Waterloo Place
Edinburgh
EH1 3EG

Telephone:  0131 465 5649
Internal:  35649
Mobile:  07816171040
Email:  Lesley.Baxter@nhslothian.scot.nhs.uk

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