Public health COVID-19 information to parents/carers
Update – Royal Hospital for Children and Young People
As you may already be aware, NHS Lothian recently announced that the new Royal Hospital for Children and Young People will fully open on Tuesday 23 March 2021.
From this date, the remaining Children’s services presently located at Sciennes, including A&E, will move to the Royal Hospital for Children and Young People located next to the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh at Little France.
The new facilities are already home to the majority of the Children’s Outpatient services and the Department of Clinical Neurosciences (DCN), which both migrated to the Little France site in July 2020. Earlier this year, the Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS) inpatient facilities and some outpatient services also moved to the new hospital.
The Royal Hospital for Children and Young People will deliver local, regional and national services in some of the most modern and best-designed healthcare facilities in the world. With the new facilities connected to the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, paediatric care, specialist neonatal care, neurosciences and both Emergency Departments are now all on the same site. This reduces the need for emergency transfers between hospitals, and ensures that the NHS Lothian teams can share skills and expertise for the benefit of all patients.
The remaining Children’s Services that are presently located at the Royal Hospital for Sick Children at Sciennes will move to the new hospital by Tuesday 23 March.
From 8am on Tuesday 23 March, all patients and any child or young person up to the age of 16 requiring access to A&E, must go to the new Royal Hospital for Children and Young People at Little France.
NHS Lothian
Nursery 1140 Update – Parent Information
Nursery – 1140 Hours Update for Parents/Carers
1140 hours update for all parents and carers of children attending Sandersons Wynd Primary School nursery
Thank you to the parents and carers who responded to the consultation about the provision of 1140 hours of Early Learning and Childcare and the proposed timescales for introducing the new service models.
The majority of responses indicated that parents did not need immediate access to the new hours, but did want access to the new model to cover the summer holidays.
In light of this feedback, we will be introducing the new 1140 service models in our nursery from Monday, 14 June 2021. This means that nursery hours will remain the same as they are from 20th April (after the Easter Break) until 14 June 2021.
From 14 June the new service models offering access to 1140 hours of Early Learning and Childcare will begin. This new pattern will continue throughout the summer holidays, providing continuity of care for the children at Sandersons Wynd Primary School Nursery.
If you have any questions, please contact the school in the first instance and they will help address your enquiry or direct you appropriately.
1140 Project Team
16 March 2021
Letter to Parents – Whole School Return
SWPS Nursery 1140 Offer
Our NAM’s team sent the following letter to all children and families here at Sanderson’s Wynd Nursery. The survey in regards to your child’s 1140 offer must be completed by Monday 8th March 2021.
School Lockdown Update
School Lockdown Update
Jason Leitch Letter for Parents
Please find a link to a letter from Jason Leitch (National Clinical Director).
School Lockdown Update
February Parent/Carer Letter from Lesley Brown
Please find a link to a letter from Lesley Brown (Executive Director of Education and Children’s Services) There will be a letter to learners (also from Lesley Brown) posted on your child’s Google Classroom on Monday.