GP practices and many community pharmacies won't be available on Monday 15 June 2026 📅
If you need a prescription, please arrange to collect before then💊
If you need urgent medical care over the weekend, contact NHS 24 on 111.
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- Your feedback matters 💙 🗣️ Get involved by: ✅ Completing our survey (available in English & BSL) ✅ Joining a focus group (online or in person) 📅 Survey open until 30 June 2026 🔗 Take part: ow.ly/4vkG50Z9vpn Read more on our news website: ow.ly/XLWn50Z9vpq
- Final episode tonight of Surgeons: At the Edge of Life on BBC Two at 9pm, featuring NHS Lothian ☹️📺 Watch as one of our surgeons takes on a life threatening tumour, while a neurosurgeon performs a precision operation to prevent paralysis. Don’t miss this powerful finale 💙
- GP practices and many community pharmacies won't be available on Monday 15 June 2026 📅 If you need a prescription, please arrange to collect before then💊 If you need urgent medical care over the weekend, contact NHS 24 on 111.
- Come along and meet Dementia Link Workers 💙 Services attending include Post Diagnostic Support Team, CPNs, Carers of West Lothian, The Advice Shop, Home Safety Service, Ceasar & Howie, 50+ Network, local day centres and more.
- Before you head off to a festival, football match or other busy events this summer, make sure you’ve had your MenACWY vaccine and catch up on any other missed vaccines if you need to. For more information visit nhsinform.scot/meningitis
- If you’ve returned from Hajj in the last 2 weeks and feel unwell, it’s important you call your GP for medical advice. For more information visit nhsinform.scot/healthy-living… or call 0800 22 44 88.
- Celebrating #WorldEnvironmentDay 🌿 Our NHS Lothian Charity's Nature Rehabilitation Ranger Service is helping staff and patients feel the benefits of nature – from reducing stress to supporting recovery. Read more: news.nhslothian.scot/2026/04/22/new… #GreenerNHS #Wellbeing #NHSLothian
- This #VolunteersWeek, we’re shining a special light on our incredible inpatient volunteers at the Royal Edinburgh Hospital. Volunteering side by side with the public volunteers not only enriches the hospital environment but also supports their own recovery journeys!
- Watching Surgeons: At the Edge of Life tonight? In tonight’s episode, watch as one of our surgeons performs a life saving operation to remove a patient’s voice box, while another takes on a complex, life changing procedure for a patient living with a rare autoimmune condition.
- Hay! Are you you sneezing more than usual? 🌿 You're not alone—this time of year can be tough for allergy sufferers. If your eyes are itchy and watery too, it could be hayfever! Get helpful tips and manage your hay fever: ow.ly/7wp350SaJsW
- Join Mhairi and team to celebrate women’s health and empowerment at the Everywoman Festival! 🗓 6th & 7th June 2026 📍 The Meadows Festival, The Meadows, EH9 9EX 🎟 Free entry Find out more: 🔗 everywomanfest.com/edinburgh-about
- Before you head off to a football match, festival or other busy events this summer, make sure you’ve received both doses of the MMR vaccine. For more information visit nhsinform.scot/MMRagainstMeas… #ScotSummer
