Watch the video below for further guidance on donning and doffing of appropriate personal protective equipment during the care of a patient suspected or confirmed to have VHF.
NHSGGC provides strategic co-ordination and direction to ensure that the NHSGGC programme of work reflects the National Infection Control Agenda. Heading this team is Sandra Devine, NHSGGC Director of Infection Prevention and Control and Dr Linda Bagrade, Consultant Microbiologist and Lead Infection Prevention Control Doctor.
The Infection Prevention and Control Service in NHSGGC has local Infection Prevention Control Teams (IPCTs) who sit within each sector:
Clyde
North
South (Adults)
South (Paediatrics)
HSCP
The IPCTs are based at all hospital sites and also provide a service to mental health in-patient sites and directly managed community NHS services.
Contact details
Clyde Sector
Royal Alexandra Hospital (RAH)
IPC Lead Nurse: Donna McConnell
Call: 0141 314 7133 Shortcode: 07133
Page Nr: 56294
Inverclyde Royal Hospital (IRH)
IPC Lead Nurse: Donna McConnell
Call: 01475 504 876 Shortcode: 04876
Page Nr: 51043
Vale of Leven Hospital
IPC Lead Nurse: Donna McConnell
Call: 01389 817 480 Shortcode: 87480
Page Nr: 56294
North Sector
For Glasgow Royal Infirmary (GRI), Lightburn Hospital and Dental Hospital and School
IPC Lead Nurse: Gillian Mills
Call: 0141 201 3634 Shortcode: 13634
Page Nr: 13683 or 11153 or 12039
Administrator: Julie Dryden
Call: 0141 201 3635 Shortcode: 13635
South (Adults)
Queen Elizabeth University Hospital (QEUH), Gartnavel General Hospital and Beatson West of Scotland Cancer Care Centre (WoSCC)
IPC Lead Nurse: Allana Kelly
Call: 0141 451 5603 Shortcode: 85603
South (Paediatrics)
Royal Hospital for Children (RHC)
IPC Lead Nurse: Anne Gallagher
Call: 0141 451 6382 Shortcode: 86382
HSCP Partnerships
Clutha House, Glasgow
Mental Health (including Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services, Learning Disability, Forensics, Alcohol and Drug Recovery Services) and directly managed community services. The team also provide an IPC service for Stobhill Ambulatory Care Hospital (ACH) and Victoria Ambulatory Care Hospital (ACH)
IPC Lead Nurse: Kirsty McDaid
Call: 0141 427 8255 Shortcode: 38255
Out of Hours
The Consultant Microbiologist on‐call can be contacted via the local switchboard:
Gartnavel General Hospital: 0141 211 3000
Glasgow Royal Infirmary: 0141 211 4000
Inverclyde Royal Hospital: 0141 314 9504
Royal Alexandra Hospital: 0141 314 7294
Queen Elizabeth University Hospital/Royal Hospital for Children: 0141 201 1000
The Scottish Newborn Screening Laboratory provides a national screening service to Scotland. The laboratory is situated on level 2B of the Laboratory Medicine Building at the Queen Elizabeth university Hospital in Glasgow. The screening services provided are funded by National Services Division of NHS Scotland and accredited by the UK Accreditation Service (UKAS) Reference No. 9352.
The scope of tests included in this accreditation can be viewed here
Dried blood spots (Guthrie cards) are received from newborn babies from all over Scotland (approximately 60,000 per year) and tested for nine disorders:
1. Congenital Hypothyroidism (CHT)
2. Cystic Fibrosis (CF)
3. Sickle Cell Disorders (SCD)
4. Phenylketonuria (PKU)
5. Medium Chain Acyl – CoA Dehydrogenase Deficiency (MCADD)
6. Maple Syrup Urine Disease (MSUD)
7. Isovaleric Acidemia (IVA)
8. Glutaric Aciduria Type 1 (GA1)
9. Homocystinuria (HCU)
The aim is to detect these conditions as early as possible to allow affected infants to be placed on the appropriate treatment.
The Newborn Screening Service strives to continually improve the quality of its service and welcomes feedback from its users. For feedback please contact the laboratory Quality Manager here.
Contact Details
The main laboratory contact number is 0141 354 9277
Cash machines are available at many hospital locations, including:
Queen Elizabeth University Hospital Glasgow
Royal Hospital for Children, Glasgow
Gartnavel General Hospital
Glasgow Royal Infirmary
Stobhill Hospital.
Clinical Biochemistry is the division of Laboratory Medicine that deals with the measurement of chemicals in blood, urine and other body fluids. These test results are used for the diagnosis and management of the disease. The Clinical Biochemistry services provide advice to Clinicians on the appropriate use of tests, interpretation of results and follow up investigations that may be required.
Scottish Trace Element & Micronutrient Diagnostic & Research Laboratory
The Scottish Trace Element and Micronutrient Diagnostic and Research Laboratory (STEMDRL) is in part centrally funded by the National Services Division of NHS Scotland to provide a specialist analytical and advisory service for trace elements and vitamins.
The Brownlee Travel Clinic is situated in the Brownlee Outpatients Department, lower ground, Brownlee Centre, Gartnavel General Hospital, 1053 Great Western Road, Glasgow, G12 0YN.
The Travel Clinic is open on Wednesdays only between 9.30am and 12.30am and can only accept patients who live in the Great Glasgow and Clyde Health Board area.
Which Services are Available at the Travel Clinic?
The clinic offers both pre-travel advice and post-travel assessment of travellers who have returned unwell
Post-Travel Clinic
Returning travellers who are acutely unwell should contact their GP, NHS 111 or A&E.
Returning travellers who are not acutely unwell will be assessed but require a referral from a hospital doctor or from your GP.
No self-referrals will be accepted.
Pre-Travel Clinic
The Brownlee Pre-Travel Clinic is an appointment only service.
Appointments for pre-travel advice, vaccinations and antimalarial prescriptions are offered to travellers with complex itineraries and/or underlying health conditions that may require specialist advice, for example travellers who are:
travelling to tropical areas and crossing 2 or more international borders
travelling for the purpose of volunteering or humanitarian work
travelling for occupational reasons
travelling for 6 months or more
pregnant or planning pregnancy prior to or during travel
immunosuppressed or who are pre-immunosuppression
Whilst some vaccines are free of charge in line with current Health Board regulations there are some other vaccines and anti-malarial tablets that would incur a charge. This can be discussed whilst at your appointment.
Debit or Credit cards are accepted for payment.
Payment will be requested for each vaccine you receive on that day.
You should be aware that, for some vaccines, multiple doses are required to get sufficient protection and it is necessary to spread these over a number of weeks.
Services that are NOT available at the Travel Clinic
The Brownlee Travel Clinic does not provide telephone advice to members of the public.
Country by country advice for the public is available on the fitfortravel website.
The Brownlee Travel Clinic does not provide telephone advice for travel health professionals.
Travel health professionals should direct queries to Public Health Scotland’s Travel Health Advice Line on 0141 300 1130 (Friday 9.30 – 11.30) or use the FAQs or forum on the TRAVAX website.
How can I make an appointment at the Brownlee Pre-Travel Clinic?
To ensure you will be offered an appointment you should either:
Call NHSinform Helpline 0800 22 44 88 if you do not have internet access
Click on the link ‘What do I need to know before I travel?’
You should read the information on this page and then follow the link for Greater Glasgow and Clyde Health Board
We cannot offer appointments to people outside Greater Glasgow and Clyde Health Board.
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde Overseas Travel Vaccinations webpage lists the non-specialist travel clinics within Greater Glasgow and Clyde (see below).
These clinics will advise you of whether you are suitable to attend the Brownlee Pre-Travel Clinic.
If you are advised to attend this service please call 0141 211 1074
Please note that the travel clinic operates within a busy infectious disease outpatient department.
Non-Specialist Travel Clinics in Greater Glasgow and Clyde
Support and Information Centres are non-clinical spaces within hospitals. Staff in these Centres can provide information and support on a wide range of health and lifestyle issues, including:
Information on health conditions
Caring for relatives and friends
Benefits and money advice
Information on lifestyle factors such as stopping smoking, exercise and weight management
Information on issues such as health rights and NHS complaints
Details of other local services that may be able to assist you.
Complaints and concerns about the NHS
Support groups and services
Who can use the centres?
The centres are open to everyone, including patients, carers, family members, staff and members of the public.
The centres are drop-in, appointments are not necessary.
In some of our hospitals, we have a new patient check-in system for outpatients. This system uses a simple touch screen computer. If you have any concerns or trouble using the new system you can ask one of the guides for help or go directly to the clinic reception desk.