Health centre and dentists

Edinburgh campus

At our Edinburgh campus we have a purpose-built health centre housing the medical centre and dental practice, which provides the full range of UK National Health Service (NHS) medical and dental services.

Registering as a new patient

Please see the medical centre student registration webpage for more information.

Services available

The department has a full complement of medical, dental and nursing staff, as well as a community team that provides services such as psychiatric nursing, midwifery, health visiting and district nursing on a sessional basis.

Once you have registered, you will have access to range of healthcare services. There is also a private (non-NHS) physiotherapy service and a private (non-NHS) podiatrist.

Scottish Borders campus

If you are a student based at the Scottish Borders campus, you should register with one of the local general practices, which you can find on the NHS24 website.

Orkney campus

If you are a student based at the Orkney campus, you should register with one of the local general practices. Staff at the Orkney campus will be on hand to advise you on this during your enrolment.