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Clinician
Alison Macdonald
Nurse director, NHS Lothian
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press citations on 2 topics since 31 Dec 2025 · last quoted 12 Jun 2026
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Alison Macdonald: key facts
- Kind of voice
- Clinician
- Role
- Nurse director, NHS Lothian
- Tracked press citations
- 3
- Most recently quoted
- 12 Jun 2026
- First quoted
- 31 Dec 2025
04 On the record · press
What Alison Macdonald has said
By outlet · linked articles
- edinburghnews.scotsman.com1
- nursingtimes.net1
- scotsman.com1
Where Alison Macdonald has been quoted
- 01Patient care 'undermined' as exhausted NHS Lothian nurses face burnout crisisedinburghnews.scotsman.com · 12 Jun 2026
- 02Mould found in Edinburgh hospital ward sparks investigation | Nursing Timesnursingtimes.net · 24 Mar 2026
- 03SNP accused of 'abysmal' workforce planning over unfilled midwifery shiftsscotsman.com · 31 Dec 2025
Verbatim
“We take staff wellbeing seriously, and have a range of measures in place to support our teams, from ongoing recruitment campaigns to investment in wellbeing initiatives.”
“Our clinical, microbiological and infection control teams have assessed the situation as 'low' risk. Nevertheless, this is being treated extremely seriously.”
“Significant investment has been made to improve maternity services in NHS Lothian including recruiting 70 midwives to strengthen compliance with healthcare staffing legislation and build future resilience.”
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Doctors, nurses, allied health professionals and other registered clinicians quoted in a clinical capacity. Citations are counted by an automated scan of UK press coverage and may be incomplete. Roles, biographies and contact details are researched and human-reviewed before they appear here; anything not yet reviewed is simply absent rather than shown unverified. This profile was last updated on 13 Nov 2026. See the methodology for how this page is built, or email contact@bridgeheadcommunications.com to correct anything on it.