St John's

An outpatient clinic will be housed at St John's, which will also provide inpatient services and day-case surgery.

Hospital's £35m maintenance backlog a 'damning indictment' of NHS

Laura Owens from the Specsavers Home Visits team at the Midlothian Disabled People's Assembly event

Specsavers home visits team spread Easter cheer with sweet treats and sound advi...

Laura Owens from the Specsavers Home Visits team at the Midlothian Disabled People's Assembly event

Specsavers Home Visits team spread Easter cheer with sweet treats and sound advi...

view of the ramp leading to hall

New ramp will help wheelchair users access Corstorphine church hall

The fair will be held in St John’s and King’s Park Church. (Google Maps)

Returning fair offers an opportunity to take a leap into volunteering

Richard Demarco

It wouldn’t be the Festival without Demarco - John McLellan

Harry Thomas, 8, is over the moon after being reunited with his 'best teddy friend'
Photo: Edinburgh Children's Hospital Charity

Young boy recovering from surgery reunited with teddy after week-long search

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Edinburgh air pollution - your views online

Some beds will be ring-fenced - but it could mean longer waits at A&E. Picture: Getty Images/iStockphoto.

Beds to be ring-fenced to cut long waits

Alex Moore on the ascent of the Long Hope
Pic: Ryan Balharry

Scots climber makes rare ascent of the UK's highest sea cliff

Proud moment: Jack Dun with his Melrose Sevens hall of fame cap.

Rugby fan Jack, 96, enters Melrose Sevens hall of fame after his 80th tournament

Serenata Women's Choir.

Midlothian's Serenata Women’s Choir looking for an assistant musical director

St John's Episcopal Church on Princes Street. Photo: Andrew Stuart/NW.

City-centre church linked to slave trade

Edinburgh Royal Infirmary.

Helicopter with trauma patient 'left waiting on hospital helipad for 40 minutes'

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Cherish Eye Pavilion, don’t close it! - your views

Scotland great Ian St John pictured in 2018.

Obituary: Ian St John, Scotland and Liverpool footballer, 82
He may have been just 5ft 7ins tall but what Ian St John lacked in size he made up for in stature.
Scott McCartney

NHS Princess Alexandra Eye Pavilion. Picture: JPIMedia

The government should find the money for a new eye hospital - Helen Martin

Things are tough enough during the pandemic without having to face life on the streets, says Hayley Matthews (Picture: Francois le Diascorn/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images)

We must not forget rough sleepers during the pandemic – Hayley Matthews

Campaigners fought hard to reopen the children's ward at St John's

1,200 ambulance journeys from Livingston to Edinburgh

The Rev Peter Nelson wants the church to be welcoming, functional and flexible

Upgrade plan for Colinton Mains church

Chairman of the Asian Restaurant Awards, Yawar Khan at the Asian Restaurant Awards 2019

Nominations now open for Asian Restaurant Awards 2020 (Scotland)

24/7 children's services have resumed at St John's Hospital

Children's ward at West Lothian hospital to reopen 24/7 after three years

Brave Archie Galloway marks childhood Cancer Awareness month by launching Give Up Clothes for Good campaign

Brave toddler becomes face of cancer campaign

Eight houseplants which could help boost your health

The children's ward is currently open four nights a week, Monday-Thursday

Over 1000 youngsters make ambulance journey from Livingston to Edinburgh because...

Campaigners call for the re-opening of the ward.

SNP criticised as full re-opening of St John's Hospital children's ward could be...

Matthew Dorman was tiny and weighed only two pounds when he was born 11-weeks premature.

Edinburgh boy born 11 weeks premature celebrates fifth birthday as mum raises £1...
Broxburn mum Coady suffered a haemorrhage after labour as her son Matthew continued to fight for his life.
Shona Elliott

The children's ward at St John's had been due to reopen 24/7 in October

Nicola Sturgeon challenged over children's services at St John's Hospital, Livin...

The children's ward will continue to open four nights a week rather than seven, as planned.

Announcement on failure to reopen Livingston's 24/7 children's ward was delayed ...

The children's ward will continue to open four nights a week rather than seven, as planned.

Announcement on failure to reopen Livingston's 24/7 children's ward was delayed ...

Neil Findlay says the Scottish Government and NHS Lothian are reneging on their 24/7 opening commitment over St John's children's ward

Lothian's hospital children's services 'in chaos'

Neil Findlay says the Scottish Government and NHS Lothian are reneging on their 24/7 opening commitment over St John's children's ward

Lothian's hospital children's services 'in chaos'

A busy ward at the Sick Kids in 1989. Much has changed in the treatment of children since then

Hospital’s a far cry from my 1980s experience – Hayley Matthews

Stacey MacDonald is donating a "cuddle cot" to help bereaved families after she lost her daughter Mia.

West Lothian mum presents maternity ward with ‘cuddle cot’ to help bereaved fami...

Fun with bubbles during one of the city's open streets events. Picture: Neil Hanna

Edinburgh is UK’s greenest city, but we can’t rest on our laurels – Adam McVey

St John's Hospital, Livingston. Pic: Lisa Ferguson

Livingston children’s ward reopens - but only four nights a week

St Johns Hospital, Livingston
. Picture: Lisa Ferguson

24-hour cover partially re-instated at St John’s children’s ward

A breastfeeding mother. Pic: Shutterstock

Breastfeeding mums hit out at NHS Lothian over cuts to ‘vital’ service

St John's Primary School on Duddingston Road is demolished by a digger. Picture: Greg Macvean

St John's: Watch as bulldozers tear down historic Edinburgh school

Old St John's is earmarked for demolition

Final bid to save old Portobello school looks doomed

The Voice star Saskia Eng supports NSPCC Scotland's work at St John's Primary

Saskia Eng speaks up for NSPCC Speak out. Stay safe campaign

In 2012, the Scottish Government introduced the treatment time guarantee, which gave patients a legal right to treatment within 12 weeks for conditions such as knee and eye operations. Picture: contributed

Waiting target missed thousands of times at NHS Lothian in spring

A protest against the demolition of the old St John's Primary School led by Richard Demarco.

Protesters unite in bid save historic Portobello school building from demolition

The New Town, Edinburgh, in the mid 19th Century, around the time that Malvina Wells arrived in the capital from Granada. PIC: Creative Commons.

A slave called Malvina who lived in Edinburgh for 70 years

St John's old primary school on Duddingston Road. Pic: Jon Savage

Campaigners' 11th hour move to save Portobello school

Residents complaining about the former St John's Primary on Hamilton Terrace/Duddingston Road. Pic:
Neil Hanna Photography

Last ditch attempt to save Portobello school doomed to fail

Staff shortages are resulting in families travelling to Edinburgh.

1,000 children make 60-mile round trip for hospital treatment

Almost 1,000 children have been transferred from St Johns Hospital

Almost 1,000 children transferred from St John's hospital due to ward closure

Portobello residents want to see the building kept.

Bid to save historic Portobello school building from demolition

Cllr Donald Wilson is culture and communities convener at Edinburgh City Council. Picture: Ian Georgeson

Donald Wilson: Meadowbank will be winner for all sports

Edinburgh fitness instructor signs up for charity catwalk after beating cancer

MSPs have repeatedly called for the service to be returned to normal, as hundreds of young patients and their families have faced ambulance transfers to hospital in Edinburgh for treatment.

Minister to give update on out-of-hours services at St John's children's ward

Dalkeith based all women choir Serenata.

Choir looking for new members

Luke Gillard was given 220 hours of unpaid work for the incident

Thug burned sleeping teenager with '˜makeshift flamethrower'

Youth choir being launched by Edinburgh University port-graduates for young people aged 13-18

New youth choir established at St John's to focus on wellbeing

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