St. Ellen’s Private Hospital

Service overview

Service type: Independent Hospital

Registration status: Registered

Based in Livingston, St. Ellen’s Private Hospital is an independent hospital.  

Further information about the clinic/hospital/hospice and the services it provides can be found by contacting the service.

Information about the conditions of registration and inspection reports is below. 

Conditions of registration

1. The service will operate 24 hours Monday to Sunday.
2. The provider will operate an independent hospital.
3. The provider must only allow medical and surgical assessment and treatment in an in-patient environment.
4. The provider must not allow animals or pets in the area where the treatments are provided, except for service animals.
5. The provider must ensure that all healthcare professionals working in the service have a licence to practice in the United Kingdom.
6. The provider must ensure a registered medical officer is present in the service at all times.
7. The provider must only treat patients individually, group treatments are not permitted.
8. The provider must not allow service users to consume alcohol while in receipt of health care.
9. The provider must only treat service users aged 18 or over.
10. The provider must ensure that patients under the age of 18 are not assessed or treated on the premises.
11. The provider must ensure that staff possessing the appropriate skills, training and experience are provided in sufficient numbers to ensure the safety and welfare of patients.
12. The provider must not allow the prescribing of cannabis-based medicinal products.
13. The provider must not allow more than 6 in-patient places and 12 day-case places.
14. The provider must not allow more than 30 surgical procedures per day.
15. The provider must not allow the provision of dental treatments (including dental hygiene treatments, dental implants, tooth whitening and orthodontics).
16. The provider must not allow any ionising radiation exposures to be carried out.

Inspection reports

• St. Ellen’s Private Hospital – independent healthcare inspection report and action plan: February 2025

Report published: 14 February 2025
Inspection date: 27/28 November 2024
Inspection type: Unannounced

Previous inspection reports

• St. Ellen’s Private Hospital – independent healthcare inspection report: July 2023

If you would like a copy of a previous inspection report, please email his.ihcregulation@nhs.scot