{"id":1109,"date":"2026-04-13T10:44:38","date_gmt":"2026-04-13T09:44:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/services.nhslothian.scot\/preparingforsurgery\/?page_id=1109"},"modified":"2026-04-13T10:57:26","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T09:57:26","slug":"coming-to-sjh","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/services.nhslothian.scot\/preparingforsurgery\/st-johns-hospital\/coming-to-sjh\/","title":{"rendered":"Coming to SJH"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How to get here<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The hospital is served well by public transport and information is available by contacting Travel information on 0871 200 2233 or through the website <a href=\"http:\/\/www.travelinescotland.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">www.travelinescotland.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">If you need help getting here<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>If you need help getting to St John\u2019s Hospital there is useful advice on the Scottish Ambulance website, please click in the link below: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scottishambulance.com\/our-services\/support-with-appointments\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/www.scottishambulance.com\/our-services\/support-with-appointments<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Parking<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The patients\u2019 &amp; visitors car park can be extremely busy and you should arrive in good time for your appointment. There are disabled parking spaces near the main entrance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Availability of food and drink<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The Cakewalk<\/strong> is a small cafe near the front entrance selling hot and cold drinks and a selection of sweet and savoury snacks.<br>Opening hours:<br>Mon-Fri 8.00am to 5.45pm<br>Sat and Sun 10.00am to 4.00pm (may vary)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There is a <strong>WHSmith<\/strong> shop on the other side of the corridor to the cafe.<br>Opening hours:<br>Mon-Fri 7.00am to 8.00pm<br>Sat and Sun 9.00am to 5.00pm<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The <strong>hospital canteen<\/strong> is on the second floor, opposite the entrance to wards 18\/19a, selling a wide selection of food and with plenty of seating.<br>Opening hours:<br>Breakfast 7.30am to 11.00am<br>Lunch 12.00pm to 2.00pm<br>Dinner 5.00pm to 7.00pm.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How to get here The hospital is served well by public transport and information is available by contacting Travel information on 0871 200 2233 or through the website www.travelinescotland.com If you need help getting here If you need help getting to St John&rsquo;s Hospital there is useful advice on the Scottish Ambulance website, please click<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"parent":1105,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"class_list":["post-1109","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"rttpg_featured_image_url":null,"rttpg_author":{"display_name":"davidmcbain","author_link":"https:\/\/services.nhslothian.scot\/preparingforsurgery\/author\/davidmcbain\/"},"rttpg_comment":0,"rttpg_category":false,"rttpg_excerpt":"How to get here The hospital is served well by public transport and information is available by contacting Travel information on 0871 200 2233 or through the website www.travelinescotland.com If you need help getting here If you need help getting to St John&rsquo;s Hospital there is useful advice on the Scottish Ambulance website, please click","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/services.nhslothian.scot\/preparingforsurgery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1109","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/services.nhslothian.scot\/preparingforsurgery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/services.nhslothian.scot\/preparingforsurgery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/services.nhslothian.scot\/preparingforsurgery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/services.nhslothian.scot\/preparingforsurgery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1109"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/services.nhslothian.scot\/preparingforsurgery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1109\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1127,"href":"https:\/\/services.nhslothian.scot\/preparingforsurgery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1109\/revisions\/1127"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/services.nhslothian.scot\/preparingforsurgery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1105"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/services.nhslothian.scot\/preparingforsurgery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1109"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/services.nhslothian.scot\/preparingforsurgery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1109"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}