Health chiefs pool laundry resources
Following a pooling of resources, the facility at St John's Hospital in Livingston currently caters from the community laundry of Edinburgh, West, East and Midlothian local authorities.
It is being held up as an example of how large organisations can save money and time by working together as they ride out the economic crisis.
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Hide AdNHS Lothian's acting director of strategic planning Alex McMahon said: "These services have now been brought together into a single service managed by Edinburgh Community Health Partnership's community continence service on behalf of all councils and CHPs in Lothian. This will maximise efficiency through shared transport and logistics."