Practice updates

7/11/25 Christmas and New Year holidays

The Practice will be closed on 25th and 26th December, and 1st and 2nd January

For Christmas, the practice will close at 6pm on Wednesday 24th December and re-open at 8.30am on Monday 29th December. It will close for New Year at 6pm on Wednesday 31st December and re-open at 8.30am on Monday 5th January. If you need to speak to a GP urgently while the practice is closed, please phone NHS111. We will be seeing patients with urgent on the day issues only on 22nd, 23rd and 24th December and 29th, 30th and 31st December. Pharmacies will also be open for advice on coughs, colds and other minor health problems. See link below for information on the NHS website.

29/10/25 New Salaried GPs

Dr Kevin Tharumanayagam and Dr Mai Ahmed are going to be our new Salaried GPs from November.

Dr Tharumanayagam and Dr Ahmed have completed their GP training with our practice, and we are delighted that they are both going to be staying on as Salaried GPs. Many of you will have met them already.

15/10/25 If you’re offered the flu vaccine, you’ve got a reason to get it

Flu hits hard, and for some, it hits harder. Last winter, Scotland experienced very high levels of flu, with more than 6,500 adults becoming so ill that they were admitted to hospital.

Check if you’re eligible for a free flu vaccine

The NHS in Scotland is offering the free flu vaccine this winter to those at risk of exposure to avian (bird) flu.

You’re eligible for a free vaccine if you:

work at, or regularly visit, poultry units and poultry processing units (including inspection staff)

cull and/or clean at confirmed bird flu outbreak premises

are likely to be handling live unwell birds where bird flu is suspected

are involved in the collection of wild or domestic bird carcasses where bird flu is suspected, including sea birds.

06/08/25 New Doctors in the practice

We have a new FY2 Resident Doctor Dr Loh, and a new GP trainee Dr McMurray

Dr Loh will be working in the practice for the next 4 months and Dr McMurray will be with us for a year.