Raigmore Hospital in Inverness is the main treatment centre in the Highlands for prostate diseases. There are 2 surgeons performing open radical prostatectomies. There are also four consultants performing trans urethral resection of the prostate. Transrectal ultrasound and biopsy is also available and this is mainly delivered by a specialist urological nurse service. Radical external beam radiotherapy is also carried out. Brachytherapy is referred to the Western General Hospital in Edinburgh or the Beatson Cancer Centre in Glasgow.
Raigmore Hospital, Old Perth Road, Inverness IV2 3UJ. Tel: 01463 704000
Visiting urology clinics are held at Caithness General Hospital in Wick and the Belfort Hospital in Fort William and a service is provided for NHS Western Isles including a clinic at the Western Isles Hospital in Stornaway on the Isle of Lewis.
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Caithness General Hospital, Bankhead Road, Wick, Caithness KW1 5NS. Tel: 01955 605050
Belford Hospital, Belford Road, Fort William, PH33 6BS. Tel: 01387 702481.
Western Isles Hospital, Macauley Road, Stornoway, Isle of Lewis HS1 2AF. Tel: 01851704704.
There is also a palliative cancer care network established in the Highlands.
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