On Tuesday 30 April the practice will be undergoing an IT system upgrade.

We will have very limited computer access on the morning of Tuesday 30 April so to allow time for the upgrade to take place we would kindly ask that you do not call the practice until after 9.00am.

We will have an Emergency Doctor available throughout the day for clinically urgent matters. As always, reception staff will take the details and the Emergency Doctor will assess the urgency of your problem and call you back as soon as they can.

We are unable to process any new patient registrations on Monday 29th and Tuesday 30th April.

Thank you for your support during this time and we apologise for any inconvenience.

Public Health Scotland have developed a campaign aiming to assess respiratory infections which are in circulation within the general public.  

Public Health are working with NHS boards and GP practices to:

• recruit sentinel GP practices in every health board
• supply respiratory testing kits to sentinel GP practices

They ask GP practices to:

• swab patients who meet the CARI case definition
• return the swabs to the lab where they are tested for 10 respiratory pathogens
• collect data from patients using a digital surveillance form

They analyse the results to:

• produce a weekly report on respiratory infection in the community
• circulate the report to sentinel GP practices, and to public health professionals and policy makers

Your GP may ask you if you wish to take part in the campaign if:

• you have acute respiratory infection symptoms that require a consultation and a swab with your GP

Please see Public Health Scotland website for further information