Plastic Surgery Nursing
Date of issue: May 2024
Review date: May 2025
This information has been developed to supplement the information the doctor or healthcare practitioner has already given you.
If the review date has passed, the content will apply until the next version is published.
Your name has been added to the waiting list for an operation outside NHS Fife, which will be carried out in NHS Tayside at either Ninewells Hospital, Perth Royal Infirmary, or Stracathro Hospital.
NHS Tayside will provide you with specific instructions about the hospital’s admission procedures either at pre-assessment or when you receive your letter with the date of admission. Should you require further information regarding your position on the NHS Tayside waiting list, please contact the NHS Tayside plastic surgery waiting list secretary on 01382 740703.
Important information
If another person has Power of Attorney or Welfare Guardianship please ensure this documentation is brought with you when you attend for surgery.
Discharge information
Following your discharge from hospital, your aftercare will be provided back in NHS Fife, either at your GP practice, community nurses or at a plastic surgery dressing clinic at the hospital closest to your home, (Queen Margaret Hospital or Victoria Hospital). The ward staff in the discharging hospital will contact NHS Fife to arrange a follow-up appointment with the plastic surgery nurses in NHS Fife or your GP practice, depending on your surgeon’s instructions.
NHS Fife cannot give you an appointment or provide advice until we have received information about your operation and the instructions for your continued care. Once we have received your referral from the discharging hospital, we will either telephone you (please be aware that calls from the hospital appear as 0800 numbers) or send you an appointment letter through the post. If you have not received an appointment after 3 working days after discharge – please contact your discharging ward/hospital.
If you experience any problems before receiving your NHS Fife appointment, such as bleeding, increased heat, pain or flu-like symptoms, please contact the ward who discharged you or NHS 24 on 111. They will advise you of the steps you need to take to ensure your concerns are addressed.
After your first visit or appointment post-surgery, you will be provided with more information and given NHS Fife contact details should you have any questions or concerns thereafter, which include your own Doctor, the Plastic Surgery nursing team and NHS 24 out of hours.
Please note: The Plastic Surgery nursing service at NHS Fife operates Monday to Friday from 8:30 am to 4:30 pm. There are no doctors on site 24 hours a day, so it is not an emergency service.
Contact details
Plastic Surgery Nursing Team
Queen Margaret Hospital
Monday to Friday, 8.30am-4.30pm
01383 623623 extension 25757
NHS Tayside
Ninewells
Burns, Plastics and Oral Surgery
Ward 27: Monday to Friday, 7am-9pm – 01382 633827
Ward 26: 01382 633826
Switchboard: 01382 660111
Stracathro Hospital
Surgical unit (24 hours)
01356 665088
Perth Royal Infirmary
Day Surgery Unit (Monday to Friday, 8am-4.40pm)
01738 473307
Alternatively, contact your own GP or, if you are out-of-hours, please contact NHS 24 on 111.
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Accessible formats
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