Western General Hospital
Crewe Road South
Edinburgh
EH4 2XU
Telephone: 0131 537 1000(*)
The Western General Hospital provides a comprehensive range of general and specialist services to the people of Edinburgh, Lothian and beyond.
The hospital has circa 570 beds (including day beds) and is home to the regional centres for cancer and clinical neuroscience, the Regional Infectious Diseases Unit, and the award-wining, nurse-led Minor Injuries Clinic. Staff in the clinic treat more than 20,000 patients a year for a wide range of minor injuries and ailments. The clinic is open every day and you only need to call 111 to make an appointment with an MIU expert.
Services
The Western General offers patients a wide range of services including:
- Acute Medicine
- Breast Surgery
- Cardiology
- Colorectal Surgery
- Diabetes
- Dietetics
- Endocrinology
- Endoscopy
- Gastroenterology
- General Medicine
- General Surgery
- Haematology
- Infectious Diseases
- Laboratories
- Medicine of the Elderly
- Oncology
- Palliative Medicine
- Renal Dialysis
- Respiratory Medicine
- Rheumatology
- Stroke Medicine
- Urology
For a complete list of services at Lothian hospitals, look at our A to Z of Services.
Visiting Times
Please check the visiting times with the individual wards. You can do this by calling the ward through the hospital switchboard on 0131 537 1000(*).
(* Please Note: This is a central NHS Lothian Switchboard. Please be prepared to specify which site you’re looking to contact)
