There are two specialist palliative care inpatient units. Specialist advisory services are available for all Lothian hospitals and in the Community throughout Lothian.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Specialist palliative care telephone advice is always available.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Palliative Care Guidelines<\/a> provide information and resources on management of a wide range of palliative care problems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Specialist palliative care services offer telephone advice, a single assessment visit or a period of specialist care according to need.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Specialist palliative care is available to patients in any care setting; home, hospital or care home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Referral can be made for a patient who has any advanced, progressive or incurable illness, who has<\/p>\n\n\n\n (Click links below for referral information)<\/p>\n\n\n\n Hospice inpatient units: Community palliative care services: Hospital palliative care teams: Palliative care day services: Pharmacy specialist services<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Lymphoedema services<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Paediatric Palliative Care<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n There are two specialist palliative care inpatient units. Specialist advisory services are available for all Lothian hospitals and in the Community throughout Lothian. Specialist palliative care telephone advice is always available. The Palliative Care Guidelines provide information and resources on management of a wide range of palliative care problems. Referral to a specialist palliative care<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"class_list":["post-534","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"rttpg_featured_image_url":null,"rttpg_author":{"display_name":"NHS Lothian","author_link":"https:\/\/services.nhslothian.scot\/palliativecare\/author\/nhs-lothian\/"},"rttpg_comment":0,"rttpg_category":false,"rttpg_excerpt":"There are two specialist palliative care inpatient units. Specialist advisory services are available for all Lothian hospitals and in the Community throughout Lothian. Specialist palliative care telephone advice is always available. The Palliative Care Guidelines provide information and resources on management of a wide range of palliative care problems. Referral to a specialist palliative care","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/services.nhslothian.scot\/palliativecare\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/534","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/services.nhslothian.scot\/palliativecare\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/services.nhslothian.scot\/palliativecare\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/services.nhslothian.scot\/palliativecare\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/services.nhslothian.scot\/palliativecare\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=534"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/services.nhslothian.scot\/palliativecare\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/534\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":535,"href":"https:\/\/services.nhslothian.scot\/palliativecare\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/534\/revisions\/535"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/services.nhslothian.scot\/palliativecare\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=534"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/services.nhslothian.scot\/palliativecare\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=534"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Referral to a specialist palliative care service<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Making a referral<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
<\/a>Marie Curie Hospice, Edinburgh
St Columba’s Hospice Care, Edinburgh<\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/a>Marie Curie Hospice, Edinburgh: community team
St Columba’s Hospice Care, Edinburgh: community team
West Lothian community palliative care team
East Lothian community palliative care team<\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/a>Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh
Western General Hospital, Edinburgh
St John’s Hospital, Livingston<\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/a>Marie Curie Hospice, Edinburgh: day unit
St Columba’s Hospice Care, Edinburgh: day hospice (currently suspended)
The Macmillan Centre: West Lothian<\/p>\n\n\n\nFurther Information<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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