{"id":328,"date":"2025-02-12T10:34:00","date_gmt":"2025-02-12T10:34:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/services.nhslothian.scot\/radiology\/department-of-clinical-neurosciences-dcn\/"},"modified":"2025-02-12T10:41:25","modified_gmt":"2025-02-12T10:41:25","slug":"department-of-clinical-neurosciences-dcn","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/services.nhslothian.scot\/radiology\/department-of-clinical-neurosciences-dcn\/","title":{"rendered":"Department of Clinical Neurosciences (DCN)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Useful contact numbers<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Reception: 0131 312 0800<br>Appointments office: 0131 312&nbsp;0857<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Address<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Department of Clinical Neurosciences<br>Edinburgh BioQuarter<br>50 Little France Crescent<br>EH16 4TJ<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The DCN building is on the south west side of the Edinburgh BioQuarter development, a shared space with the Royal Hospital for Children and Young People and the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh in the south west of the city.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nhslothian.scot\/goingtohospital\/travel\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">DIRECTIONS AND PARKING INFORMATION &#8211; click for information.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>DCN Scans:&nbsp;<\/strong>The&nbsp;<strong>neuroimaging department<\/strong>&nbsp;is on the ground floor of the RHYCP \/ DCN building. There are additional MRI and angiographic units on the first floor close to ward 130, but you should attend for any outpatient scans through the reception on the ground floor first.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">CRIC \/ EIF Scans: We also use the University scanners for some NHS work &#8211; please check your appointment letter carefully. 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