Western General Hospital 3429133 206222428 2008-04-17T11:42:09Z AlistairMcMillan 49523 Making cat more specific. The '''Western General Hospital''' (often abbreviated to simply "The Western General"), at Crewe Road, [[Edinburgh]], [[Scotland]] is part of [[NHS Lothian]], a [[NHS_Scotland#Health_Boards|Heath Board]] which provides a comprehensive range of adult and paediatric care to the people of Edinburgh, the [[Lothian]]s and beyond. It is one of the main [[teaching hospitals]] affiliated to the [[University of Edinburgh]] Medical School. It houses the [[neurology]] and [[neurosurgery]] centre for south east Scotland ("Department of Clinical [[Neuroscience]]s"), the regional [[oncology]] and [[haematology]] Units, the regional [[Colorectal]] Surgical Unit and the Stroke Research Unit for Lothian. There is a major national [[cancer]] research and treatment centre at the hospital. The first [[Maggie's Centres|Maggie's Cancer Caring Centre]] opened at the Western General in 1996. The hospital also contains the Adult [[Cystic Fibrosis]] Unit. (Clinical services in Scotland for adults with cystic fibrosis are also provided from [[Aberdeen Royal Infirmary]] and [[Gartnavel General Hospital]] in [[Glasgow]].) The Edinburgh team runs an outreach clinic in [[Dundee]], and the [[University of Dundee]] is home to the cystic fibrosis audit database, which collects data on all registered CF patients to monitor their health trends. Training and support is also available for patients and their carers to facilitate and maximise independent living and to encourage community based management wherever possible, and there is also provision for in-patient and day case clinical management. ==See also== * [[Edinburgh Royal Infirmary]] ==External links== * [http://129.215.140.77/wgh/overview.html Western General Hospital - overview] [[Category:NHS hospitals]] [[Category:Teaching hospitals in Scotland]] [[Category:Hospitals in Edinburgh]] {{coor title dms|55|57|43.71|N|3|14|5.81|W|}} {{Scotland-struct-stub}} {{UK-hospital-stub}} {{NHS-stub}}