NHS Lothian Neonatal units consist of 2 sites:
Our largest is at the Simpson Centre based within the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh (RIE) and is a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) and admits around 850 infants per year. We are a busy unit with a maximum capacity of 39 neonatal cots split between:
- 9 Intensive Care Cots
- 8 High Dependency Cots
- 22 Special Care Cots
Our other unit is based at St. Johns Hospital in Livingston and is a Special Scare Unit (SCU), West Lothian has around 200 admissions per year and has a maximum capacity of 10 cots which is split between:
- 2 Stabilisation Cots
- 2 High Dependency Cots
- 8 Special Care Cots
