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The people behind your care

Waterfront Private Hospital was founded by consultant plastic surgeons Mr Awf Quaba and Mr Omar Quaba, and is independently owned and led by them. It was built to do one thing well: provide high-quality surgical care in a calm, considered setting in Edinburgh.

The consultant who assesses you is the one who carries out your treatment and reviews you afterwards, so there are no handovers between surgeons. Around them, our nurses and patient liaison team look after you from your first enquiry, through your treatment, to your aftercare, which is a large part of why care here feels personal and well organised.

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Our values

Three things guide everyone who works here, from the first phone call to your last follow-up.

We care

Person-centred, tailored care from experienced consultants who assess you, treat you and look after your aftercare, in a calm, discreet and uplifting environment.

We listen

Open, approachable leadership and a supportive, collaborative team. We act on feedback from patients and staff at every stage of the journey.

We deliver

Safe, high-quality surgical care, delivered with transparency and integrity, including our Duty of Candour, and evidenced through our reporting.

The hospital

Our purpose-built hospital in Granton was designed with patient comfort in mind. The ground floor has a theatre for day-case surgery under general anaesthetic, with rooms for admission and recovery.

Upstairs, a light-filled waiting area welcomes patients arriving for consultations, procedures under local anaesthetic, non-surgical treatments and follow-up appointments.

  • Opened in 2023in Granton, Edinburgh
  • Surgeon-ownedby Mr Awf Quaba and Mr Omar Quaba
  • Day-case theatreon site, for surgery under general anaesthetic
  • A year of aftercareincluded with cosmetic surgery
  • Registeredwith Healthcare Improvement Scotland, 02040
  • Free parkingon site, with full disabled access
Inside the hospital
Waterfront Private Hospital, a round glass building at Waterfront Park, Granton

Safety and governance

Safety is built into how the hospital is run, not left to individual surgeons.

Clinical leadership

Our hospital director, medical director and clinical lead oversee care across the day surgery department, outpatients, administration and hospitality, with specialist advisers in health and safety, infection prevention and control, resuscitation and HR.

Regulation and reporting

We are registered with Healthcare Improvement Scotland (registration 02040) and meet its reporting requirements, and we report to PHIN, the Private Healthcare Information Network.

Measuring quality

We track returns to theatre, surgical site infections, incidents and patient-reported outcome measures (Q-PROMs). Our clinical governance meetings review them and agree actions.

Openness

If something goes wrong with your care, we tell you, apologise and explain what we are doing about it. Read our Duty of Candour policy.

Our treatments

Plastic surgery, skin surgery, hand surgery and non-surgical treatments, each led by a consultant who specialises in it.

Treatments A–Z
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