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Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh

Region: Scotland East
Trust: NHS Lothian
Services provided: Adult Cardiac Surgery and Thoracic Surgery

Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh
Little France Crescent
Edinburgh
EH16 4SU

About the unit

The cardiothoracic unit at the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh is a specialised supra-regional service which moved to its current, state of the art facility in 2003. It is a tertiary referral centre, dealing with patients from all over Scotland.

Services provided

Adult Cardiac Surgery Thoracic Surgery

Rehabilitation and follow up

Follow-up is generally 6 to 8 weeks to the appropriate surgeon with a discharge back to the cardiologist or GP as required. Cardiac rehabilitation is provided locally for Edinburgh patients, or if from an adjacent area appropriate contact is made with the local hospital's rehabilitation team to ensure continuity of care.

Access

Cars are allowed to pull close to the main entrance for a drop off prior to being parked in adjacent car parks.

Visiting hours

No fixed hours

Contact

Tel: 0131 536 1000

Trust website: http://www.nhslothian.scot.nhs.uk/GoingToHospital/Locations/RIE/Pages/default.aspx

Adult Cardiac Surgery

Consultants

Quality Assurance Survey

This hospital has been part of the Cardiac Centre Quality Assurance Survey, and its latest individual results are shown below. To view additional national data, see the Cardiac Unit and Outcome Data page in the Professionals section.

This unit has reviewed its outcomes for the last quarter.

Cardiac Audit Status regional and national

Each section has a maximum score of 5

This chart was produced on 31 March 2024.

Thoracic Surgery

Consultants

Outcomes Audits

This hospital has been a part of the following outcomes audits, please click on any outcomes audit to see their data:

National Lung Cancer Audit – 2017

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