Leith Community Treatment Centre

The Leith Community Treatment Centre is a Community Hospital in Edinburgh, Scotland.[1] It is operated by NHS Lothian. It is situated in Junction Place, Leith.

Overview

The Leith Community Treatment Centre opened its doors in June 2004, providing a new location for outpatient services that had previously been based at the Leith and Eastern General hospitals.[2] It has inpatient facilities alongside outpatient clinics over its three floors, including physiotherapy, radiology, electrocardiography (ECG), paediatrics, midwifery, dentistry and a day hospital.

It has been described as an excellent model for how a community hospital can work in an urban setting to provide a range of health and social care services.[3]

The centre won an award in October 2014 for introducing a more patient-friendly endoscopy, which requires no sedation or aftercare.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "Leith Community Treatment Centre". NHS Lothian. 1 June 2011. Retrieved 12 July 2014.
  2. ↑ "Leith 'mini-hospital' opens". Edinburgh Evening News. 9 July 2004. Retrieved 12 July 2014.
  3. ↑ "Blueprint for community hospitals". Scottish Government. 20 December 2006. Retrieved 12 July 2014.
  4. ↑ "Awards for NHS Lothian’s ‘unsung heroes’". Edinburgh News. 25 October 2014. Retrieved 27 December 2014.

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Coordinates: 55°58′17″N 3°10′34″W / 55.97139°N 3.17611°W / 55.97139; -3.17611


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