Welcome to Medical Physics within NHS Lothian. The department is based at the Royal Infirmary and the Western General Hospital, from which Medical Physics staff provide an area service to Lothian and Fife. Within the University Hospitals Division of Lothian Health, Medical Physics is part of the Clinical Support Services and has close links with Oncology Physics staff and with Medical Physics in the University of Edinburgh.

The role of physicists and engineers in the NHS is to facilitate the introduction of new clinical technology and scientific methods into healthcare and to ensure their safe and effective use. Medical physics staff have a wide variety of scientific and technical expertise: there are electronic engineers, physicists, computer scientists, a range of technical staff including mechanical workshop technicians, and administrative staff.

The spectrum of medical physics work ranges from basic first-line servicing of medical equipment to leading major research projects backed by national funding bodies.

Our department is divided into four services that specialise in different areas of physics and engineering applied to medicine: Nuclear Medicine Physics; Radiological Physics & Radiation Protection; Medical Equipment Management; Clinical Engineering & Non-Ionising Radiation Physics. The service heads are Consultant Clinical Scientists who each lead a team of clinical scientists and technical staff.

Medical Physics - Senior Management Team

Clinical Engineering & Non-Ionising Radiation Physics Service (CENIR)
	For enquiries related to: diagnostic, therapeutic & surgical ultrasound; the clinical use of lasers, ultraviolet, visible & infrared light; electromagnetic radiation; mechanical workshop, computing & electronic design facilities... contact
	Dr Stephen Pye Acting Head of Medical Physics	E-Mail Tel :0131 537 2171
Radiological Physics & Radiation Protection Service
	For enquiries related to the use of Xrays, CT scanning, MRI scanning, radiation protection and image analysis… contact
	Mr Jerry Williams	E-Mail Tel :0131 242 2354
Nuclear Medicine Physics Service
	For enquiries related to DEXA scanning, radioisotopes & radiation protection… contact
	Mr Sandy Small Head of Nuclear Medicine Physics Service	E-Mail Tel :0131 537 2156
Medical Equipment Management Service
	For enquiries related to a wide range of diagnostic and therapeutic medical devices including defibrillators, electrosurgery, patient monitoring, physiological measurement and infusion devices, and for enquires relating to medical device policy and risk management… contact
	Dr Stephen Pye Acting Head of Medical Equipment Management Service	E-Mail Tel :0131 242 2351

The webpage has been designed and is maintained by Scott Inglis, a Senior Clinical Scientist in the Department of Medical Physics, and based at the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh.
The Web Page was last updated on the 2nd June, 2011.