Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh

+44 131 536 1000

51 Little France Cres, Old Dalkeith Rd, Edinburgh EH16 4SA United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

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Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh Info

51 Little France Cres, Old Dalkeith Rd, Edinburgh EH16 4SA United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
+44 131 536 1000
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Wheelchair-accessible car park
Wheelchair-accessible entrance

Best WLM Reviews

En vacances à Edimbourg j'ai eu un problème cardiaque et me suis rendue aux urgences du Royal infirmary le 23 août.

Tout le personnel à été extraordinaire et d'une bienveillance incroyable : des agents d'accueil en passant par les aides soignantes, infirmières et la médecin. Le docteur K. MC Nair a été d'une gentillesse immense.

Merci à eux tous et toutes

Pascale Combet

Montpellier

France

Mon fils a été hospitalisé dans cet établissement pour une appendicite lors de ma visite en Ecosse.

Nous avons trouvé un hopital moderne et un personnel courtois et serviable qui a pris le temps de nous expliquer ce qui se passait ... malgré notre Anglais quelquefois approximatif.

On commence tout d'abord par vous soigner très efficacement, et ensuite après l'opération on vous demande votre carte d'assuré social et c'est tout ! Pas d'admission, de dossier administratif à remplir. (Je n'ais pas eu à débourser un centime)

Lors de la sortie vous repartez avec les médicaments dont vous avez besoin, pas besoin de courir dans un pharmacie (appréciable quand vous êtes etrangers).

Bref même si tout n'est certainement pas parfait, il y a beaucoup d'aspects dont les hopitaux français feraient bien de s'inspirer !!!

Great and huge hospital. Just huge. I had to visit Royal infirmary children and young kids department as my daughter was suffering from fever for more than a week. All the blood test, x-ray and other throat swab test and all were done and we got the results also in the same day. The nurses, midwives and all staffs are very helpful and polite. They took care of my daughter so well. All the activities were done so smoothly. Best hospital or infirmary in Edinburgh. Highly recommended...

Thanks to all of the staff at the A&E department yesterday who were so nice, thorough and took such great care of me. I wasn't sure I needed A&E but on the advice of a pharmacist & medical practice staff, went along. The level of expertise, patience, energy and cost that must go into making sure that myself and every other individual, every minute of every day

is safe and taken care of just blows my mind. I feel so fortunate to benefit from this service, made up of so many professionals and hard working people. Thank You.

Went for a little operation on my leg Nurses, anaesthetist or anesthesiologist

Where excellent and I wish I could give them all 5 stars each.

But I must say the prepackaged sandwich I got after was blooming awful ???? it actually made me sad inside so if you are going for a day op take your own or something.

Again the staff were tremendous.

Had a wee scare on Tuesday which took me to RIE & the NEW #Interfacedept beside A&E . I was put into a bed and seen by the Med team within 5 mins of arrival.

Full bloods, obs and then CT scan all within 3 hours . Spent rest of day in the unit being monitored by nursing staff and docs. I can honestly say the care I received was fantastic and I was so impressed by the speed of processing my tests.

This new unit which is in OPD 5 is must be taking the pressure of A&E . I was referred by my GP at 8.35am and travelled from Kinross on arrival at 9.15am the medic team were ready for me . Then before leaving at 4pm was taken for a Doppler test on my Arteries in neck then told to return for MRI on Thursday morning.

Here I am with scrubs heading for MRI yesterday . The team at Bric Imaging centre at RIE were also superb .

5 star care received all around by the RIE teams and could not fault anyone or any part of my care.

Awaiting all results ????… but hoping all well.

Thank you all . (When it works … it works well )

#royalinfirmaryofedinburgh #NHSLothian #Podsquad #EdinburghImaging

Always wanted to be in nursing .. this is the closest I’ll ever get to it wearing my scrubs lol

Sorry to give such a low score but I have to be honest and realistic.

I arrived at A&E just before 6pm with exacerbation of Asthma triggered by a previous diagnosis of Bronchitis and already taking oral steroids and inhalers.

The receptionist recognised my difficulties and the support worker picked up my case for expedition to triage.

Surprisingly, the male staff nurse didn’t seem to understand the urgency of the situation in the way the untrained staff did.

I had a very loud audible wheeze and cough yet had to beg for a nebuliser.

The support worker again called on the staff nurse to do something but his attitude was unempathetic. He told me that there wasn’t any facilities for nebs in Triage and a Dr needed to see me first to write a prescription however, he needed to ask questions before going to the pod.

By this time I was as red as a tomato and couldn’t speak, my chest was heaving and I only had the kind eyes of the helpless support worker to focus on. Between heaves and whistling I said I can’t speak, I was exhausted. However, as he was holding the nebuliser too random, I managed to tell him about the bronchitis diagnosis and bronchospasms.

He then escorted my trembling to a pod and it felt that his pace was like treacle when he brought the nebuliser to me, sitting on a hard plastic chair without arms…I didn’t care though, all I could focus on was being able to breathe.

My cough and wheeze began to improve although it was still very loud which was drawing the attention of various consultants and senior nurses … not one asked if I was ok. Not one intervened to get me a nebuliser sooner despite my respiratory distress. I was not their patient, not their responsibility.

The department was busy but not at its worse. I was quickly sat in my plastic chair in the corridor when the nebuliser finished … I didn’t mind, I could breathe again. I asked for a mask because I was still coughing badly and I didn’t want to spread germs even though I wasn’t showing any signs of infection… better to be safe than sorry.

The nice student nurse took blood and put in a venflon 4 hours later and I think it was a junior doctor who saw me 2 hours later.

By this time, everything had settled down and I was ready to go home, I never intended to stay.

The doctor said that only my CRP was slightly raised, not surprising I thought for someone with Bronchitis on day 3 of oral steroids. My chest was clear and he said no wheezing… I wonder where those squeaky noises were coming from… perhaps my Aortic Stenosis ?

The Dr commented on 94% 02 sat on admission was not bad. Yikes, another one!

Should I get Asthma tattooed on my forehead with the a diagram of oxygen going in without problems but the byproduct struggling to get out and obviously contributing to my sun kissed face?

I am grateful to the student nurse for giving me a sandwich and water after 5 hours waiting. After all, a dehydrated diabetic would have added complications to the mix.

Advised to get a spacer … a bit difficult at midnight.. and put 10 puffs of Salbutamol in, I left A&E of ERI „safe“ in the knowledge that I could come back if needed.

Two days later, I am still wheezing but improving and having a GP appointment tomorrow.

I am one of the lucky ones NHS, there were more than 90 people in the waiting room when I left at 01:00h!

Just returned from another experience you wished you hadn't gone through. Appendicitis at 71 ! not pleasant. However once again I cannot express enough the gratitude I feel towards the NHS staff in the Royal Infirmary, in particular those in the operating theatre and Ward 106. The level of love, humour, skill and dedication given freely from the nurses, doctors and support staff was incredible. Especially as they are not valued to the level they deserve. Thank you again.