How are GP Practices working?
Since the pandemic, health services must operate differently to protect everyone. It’s important to maintain safe infection control and minimise unnecessary physical contact where possible.
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Organ and Tissue Donation—Don’t Leave Your Loved Ones In Doubt
If you’ve made your organ and tissue donation decision, tell your family and friends. Because if your loved ones know your decision, it’ll make it easier for them to ensure it is honoured.
Support for Unpaid Carers
Support for Scotland’s Unpaid Carers. A carer is anyone who looks after a friend or family member due to old age, addiction, disability, physical or mental illness
Improve your mental wellbeing at Mind to Mind
If you’re feeling anxious, stressed, or low, or having problems sleeping or dealing with grief – find out how you can improve your mental wellbeing by hearing what others have found helpful.
Please be considerate to our staff
Help keep us going. Please support health and social care staff.
Abusive behaviour causes mental and physical harm to our staff, leading to time off work and less time with patients.
Children aged 5-11 are now eligible for the COVID-19 vaccine
Get advice about when and how children aged 5 to 15 can get their COVID-19 vaccination, and information on side effects and safety. Vaccinating children aged 5 to 11-years
Contacting your GP for COVID-19 Symptoms
NHS Inform has a wealth of information if you have COVID-19 symptoms. If you need further medical advice call your GP practice or call 111 when your GP practice is closed.
Travel Health and Vaccinations
If you think you require vaccines and/or a malaria risk assessment, you should make an appointment with a travel health professional.
Spring booster dose for high risk groups
The Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) advised a spring dose of the COVID-19 vaccine as a precaution to those at extremely high risk, most of whom received their first booster around 6 months ago.
GP receptionists are trained to guide you to the best care
Your practice has many expert healthcare professionals and services that can help you, from a GP or nurse to mental health support or a community pharmacist.
Transgender Screening Information
No matter which, if any, gender you identify with, it’s important you’re aware of which screening services you’re eligible for.
Bowel screening
Bowel screening is offered to people aged 50 to 74 across Scotland to help find bowel cancer early, when it can often be cured.
Right care right place
The way we access urgent care has changed. To protect us and the NHS, it’s important you know how to get the right care, in the right place.
Roll up your sleeves for the coronavirus vaccine booster
People across Scotland have been getting the coronavirus booster vaccination. If you haven’t had yours yet, it’s not too late to roll up your sleeve.
What to do if you have coronavirus (COVID-19)
Find out how to self-isolate, get an isolation note for work, and help your symptoms