About us

NHS Lothian is part of the South-East Scotland Cancer Network (SCAN) and works collaboratively with NHS Borders, NHS Fife, and NHS Dumfries and Galloway to plan and deliver cancer services across the South East of Scotland. As part of this, NHS Lothian hosts the Edinburgh Cancer Centre (ECC), located on the Western General Hospital (WGH) site, which provides the most specialist haemato-oncology services on behalf of the region. 

About the Cancer Centre

The Edinburgh Cancer Centre (ECC) delivers Haematology and non-surgical Oncology including Radiotherapy (RT) and Systemic Anti-Cancer Therapy (SACT) for adult patients from a catchment of 1.4 million people across the South East of Scotland

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Our Wards

Here you'll find a helpful overview of the different wards here at the Cancer Centre and some information including visiting times and the team involved in your care.

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Departments and Service Areas

Here you'll find a helpful overview of the various areas, departments and services that make up the Edinburgh Cancer Centre.

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Meet The Team

There are a large team of people working as part of the Edinburgh Cancer Centre, including Doctors, Nurses, Allied Health Professionals, Domestic Staff, Portering Staff and administrative and professional staff. Here are just some of the people who work in the Centre:

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Work With Us

We are a friendly and forward facing Cancer Centre, and we're always happy to talk to anyone thinking about working with us.

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