Useful Numbers

Chemists

Colinton Mains Pharmacy (Tods) 0131 441 3388
Colinton Pharmacy 0131 441 2352
Craiglockhart Pharmacy 0131 455 7168
Oxgangs Broadway 0131 445 1925

Hospitals

Astley Ainslie Hospital 0131 537 9000
Liberton Hospital 0131 536 7800
Marie Curie Hospice 0131 470 2201
Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh 0131 536 1000
Royal Edinburgh Hospital (Psychiatry) 0131 537 6000
Royal Hospital for Children and Young People 0131 536 1000
St John’s Hospital, Livingstone 01506 523000
Western General Hospital 0131 537 1000

Clinical services

Community Midwives 0131 536 9847
District Nurses 0131  441 9128
Health visitors 0131 312 2164
Physiotherapy self referral (14 year and over) 0131 536 1060- option 1
Physiotherapy Tollcross 0131 536 9730
Podiatry Contact Centre  0131 536 1627
Chalmers Sexual Health 0131 536 1070
Patient Transport - Scottish Ambulance Service 0300 123 1236

Helplines and Counselling

Alcoholics Anonymous 0131 225 6090 or 08009177650
Citizen’s Advice Bureau 0131 510 5510/ 0131 529 5667
Pastoral Foundation Counselling 0131 447 0876
Women’s Aid 0131 315 8110
Police Oxgangs 0131 441 1518
Samaritans 116 123
Social Care Direct 0131 200 2324
Victim Support 0131 668 2556
VOCAL (Carer’s support) 0131 622 6666

Page last reviewed: 14 August 2025
Page created: 05 August 2025