{"id":3955,"date":"2022-05-03T11:47:20","date_gmt":"2022-05-03T10:47:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/apps.nhslothian.scot\/refhelp\/guidelines\/gastrointestinal\/"},"modified":"2025-11-26T13:22:50","modified_gmt":"2025-11-26T13:22:50","slug":"gastrointestinal","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/apps.nhslothian.scot\/refhelp\/guidelines\/gastrointestinal\/","title":{"rendered":"Gastrointestinal"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Welcome to the Gastrointestinal RefHelp page. This incorporates gastroenterology, hepatology and endoscopy services across NHS Lothian. We provide elective and emergency GI care for Lothian along with tertiary hepatology, liver transplant, endoscopy, inflammatory bowel disease, nutrition, functional and motility services.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Endoscopy and clinic services are provided at East Lothian Community Hospital, Leith Community Treatment Centre, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, Western General Hospital and St John\u2019s Hospital. Within all the units there are dedicated multi-disciplinary teams including specialist nurses, pharmacists, dieticians and administrative support to ensure the best care of patients.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Consultants and associate specialists:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>St John\u2019s Hospital<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr Kostas Dabos, Dr Helen Gillett, Dr Clive Goddard, Dr Sarah Minnis-Lyons,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hepatology: Dr Andy Bathgate, Dr Tom Bird, Dr Carol Blair, Dr Mhairi Donnelly, Prof Jonathan Fallowfield, Prof Stuart Forbes, Prof Peter Hayes, Dr Tim Gordon-Walker, Prof Neil Henderson, Dr Prakash Ramachandran, Dr Alex Thompson, Dr Mike Williams<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Gastroenterology: Dr Nick Church, Dr Chris Fraser, Dr Rahul Kalla, Dr Gail Masterton, Dr Norma McAvoy, Dr Aaron McGowan, Dr Lynn Meekison, Dr Ian Penman, Professor John Plevris, Dr Ben Shandro, Dr Ken Trimble, Dr Andy Williams,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Western General Hospital<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr Ian Arnott, Dr Anne Dethier, Dr Shahida Din, Dr Gwo-Tzer Ho, Dr Gareth Jones, Professor Charlie Lees, Dr Maria Eugenicos, Dr Colin Noble, Dr Alan Shand, Dr Eleanor Watson<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Admin team leads:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Liz Kennedy, St John\u2019s Hospital: 01506 523860<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Catriona Campbell, Royal Infirmary: 0131 242 2030 Abbie Aitken, Western General Hospital: 0131 537 1755<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration:underline\"><\/span>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-getwid-tabs\" data-active-tab=\"0\"><ul class=\"wp-block-getwid-tabs__nav-links\"><\/ul>\n<div class=\"wp-block-getwid-tabs__nav-link\"><span class=\"wp-block-getwid-tabs__title-wrapper\"><a href=\"#\"><span class=\"wp-block-getwid-tabs__title\">Referral Guidelines<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-tabs__tab-content-wrapper\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-tabs__tab-content\">\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.refhelp.scot.nhs.uk\/index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=1055:new-sci-gateway-menu-for-additional-needs-information&amp;catid=24&amp;Itemid=223\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Additional needs and diversity information Pilot<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"\/refhelp\/furtherinfo\/Additional-needs-and-diversity-information\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Additional needs and diversity information<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-getwid-tabs__nav-link\"><span class=\"wp-block-getwid-tabs__title-wrapper\"><a href=\"#\"><span class=\"wp-block-getwid-tabs__title\">Resources and Links<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-tabs__tab-content-wrapper\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-tabs__tab-content\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/apps.nhslothian.scot\/files\/sites\/2\/COVID-vaccination-in-IBD.pdf\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/apps.nhslothian.scot\/files\/sites\/2\/COVID-vaccination-in-IBD.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">COVID vaccination in IBD<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nice.org.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">NICE | The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to the Gastrointestinal RefHelp page. 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