The Latest Breaking News from NHS Lothian

Plans for more beds for elderly folk have hit a snag due to staff shortages

Growing patient lists are putting massive strain on surgeries

Red Hill pen in Jamaica was left to the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh in 1749 and the hospital was given hundreds of thousands of pounds (in today's money) by the British Government as 'compensation' for their losses when slavery was abolished in 1834.

Health bosses at NHS Lothian urged the public to take extra precautions to avoid the spread of flu and other viruses as St John's Hospital hit full capacity last week.

NHS Lothian is asking people to stay at home if they have cold and flu symptoms

East Lothian Community Hospital sees on average 50,000 outpatients every year - 20,000 more than were seen at its predecessor Roodlands, and offer services people would have had to travel into Edinburgh for in the past

The mother says that a failure in the TRAK system meant that her daughter had to wait around 12 hours to be discharged. She added that patients were unable to be discharged and be prescribed their medications.

The grieving family have been issued with an apology after their loved one suffered a fatal heart attack

A Scottish health board has been reprimanded despite initially denying any failings had occurred, after the patient’s child took their complaint to a government watchdog.