About Us
SMART stands for South-east Mobility and Rehabilitation Technology. The services operates out of the custom-built SMART Centre at Astley Ainslie Hospital, Edinburgh, and the Community Equipment Store, Peffermill Industrial Estate, Edinburgh. The SMART Centre was officially opened in 2007 and houses clinical, technical, office and storage facilities. Many of the services also offer clinics in other locations across Edinburgh and the south-east of Scotland. The wheelchair delivery, repair, refurbishment and maintenance team work from the Community Equipment Store.
The SMART Centre is open Monday-Thursday from 8.30am to 4.30pm and on a Friday from 8.30am to 4.00pm. Closed on Public Holidays.
Welcome to the SMART Centre
We have put together a short introductory video to support your visit to the SMART Centre which we hope you find useful.
Our History
SMART Services result from the integration of two groups of services that were formerly on two separate sites: Rehabilitation Engineering Services (RES) and the Mobility Centre.
Rehabilitation Engineering Services was located on the site of the Princess Margaret Rose Orthopaedic Hospital until 2002. This closed as part of the capital building plan to provide the new Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh and resulted in the transfer of RES to the Eastern General Hospital from April 2002. The Mobility Centre was already based on the Astley Ainslie site but in non-ideal and outdated accommodation.
The new SMART centre was opened by Dr Lewis MacDonald, Deputy Minister for Health and Community Care, on 26th February 2007. The building was designed by renowned architects Boswell, Mitchell and Johnson and built by Clark Contracts.
SMART Quality Policy
SMART Services is committed to continuous improvement and development of our services through our Quality Management System to ensure we meet the expectations and needs of our patient population. A copy of the SMART Quality Policy is available by clicking the following link: