Edinburgh · United Kingdom
NHS Lothian (Western General Hospital)
Edinburgh IBD Unit
NHS Lothian's IBD team is based at the Western General Hospital, where the IBD nurse helpline and Edinburgh's biologics service sit. Patients may also be seen at the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh and St John's Hospital, but IBD surgery is concentrated at the Western General. The unit publishes patient guidance on managing Crohn's and colitis flares, and runs structured drug and disease monitoring.
What this unit is strong at
- IBD nurse helpline and biologics service centralised at the Western General
- IBD surgical services concentrated on one site
- Structured drug and disease monitoring for IBD
- Active IBD research programme (Lees Group, University of Edinburgh)
Services
The team
Charlie Lees
Consultant Gastroenterologist; Professor of Gastroenterology, University of Edinburgh
IBD diagnostics and therapeutics, monitoring, diet and the gut microbiota
Where this came from
Everything on this page was read on the centre’s own published pages. Nothing here is inferred, and nothing is filled in where we could not find it.
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