SPESS Team

Harrison celebrating one and a half years of seizure freedom following temporal lobectomy to treat intractable epilepsy.
Congratulations Harrison, it’s great to hear how well you are doing 💜

#1.5years

It's and we'd like to give a big shout out to all of the volunteers working so hard to help children, young people and their families across NHS Lothian. Christine (pictured here on the left) is one of our welcome team at the in Edinburgh, greeting children and families as they arrive, helping with directions, giving out masks or sanitiser where it's needed and generally being friendly and fabulous!

A retired primary teacher, Christine has also volunteered on the Haematology and Oncology wards as a play leader, before rejoining the old 'Sick Kids' in January this year and transferring to the brand new RHCYP in March. Christine told us:
"I love the personal contact with the patients (young and old) and their relatives. I hope that by having a little chat with them as we go to wherever , I am able to provide a reassuring welcome and a little break before whatever appointment they are attending. I also love how the time just whizzes by! "

Thank you to Christine and our whole team of welcoming at all of our hospitals. You do an amazing job! 💙

👇 The brand new Royal Hospital for Children & Young People (RHCYP) fully-opens on Tuesday 23 March - and children's A&E is moving. If you need to bring a child or young person to the Emergency Department from 8am, Tuesday 23 March onwards, you need to come to the new RHCYP at Little France. 🚑

📢 Our new children's website is live! If you need to bring a child or young person to hospital, for an appointment or test, stay on a ward or visit the Emergency Department, check out our brand new site, full of friendly and helpful information. You can peek inside the wards, take a 360 tour or watch videos to help you know what to expect at the new when it opens on 23 March.

👉 https://children.nhslothian.scot

Epilepsy is so much more than seizures..... Epilepsy surgery can be an effective treatment for the right candidates.
If you are unsure if your child is suitable for surgery speak to their doctor or look up our website...