Sign up to the weekly West Lothian Courier newsletter for the latest West Lothian news and sport.There have been over 1000 ambulance journeys between St.
John’s hospital Children’s ward and Edinburgh Royal Infirmary in recent years.Figures obtained by the Scottish Conservatives have shown that 1,219 ambulance journeys between St.
John’s hospital Children’s ward and Edinburgh Royal Infirmary took place between September 2016 and August 2020, an average of 25 journeys a month over the four year period.In October this year (2020) NHS Lothian announced that St.
John’s was reintroducing a 24/7 children’s ward, following years of a reduced service.An extensive recruitment drive led to the recruitment of two consultants one locum and increased.
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