Welcome to Slamannan Medical Practice
With patients' needs at the heart of everything we do, our website has been designed to make it easy for you to gain instant access to the information you need. As well as specific practice details such as opening hours and how to register, you’ll find a wealth of useful pages covering a wide range of health issues along with links to other relevant medical organisations.
In case of Emergency please contact NHS 24 on 111
URGENT UPDATE
NEAR ME - VIDEO CONSULTAION
Attending your appointment via video call.
Where appropriate, your clinician may arrange your consultation online via a video call rather than attending the surgery.
These appointments can only be arranged by your Practice.
Any calls outwith this direction will be rejected.
Thank you.
111 TRIAGE
With immediate effect any patient with symptoms of any infection should contact 111 and not their GP practice.
Isolation note
The practice do not issue a note for self isolation.
Available via the link above or via www.nhs.uk.
Exemption letters for wearing face mask coverings
Please note that there is no need for GP's to provide these letters.
Public Holidays for 2024/2025
Good Friday - Fri 29th March 2024
Easter Monday - Monday 1st April 2024
May Mon 6th May 2024
June - Mon 5th June 2024
September - Tues 4th Sept 2024
October - Monday 14th Oct 2024
Christmas - Wednesday 25 December 2024 Thursday 26 December 2024
New Year - Wednesday 01 January 2025 Thursday 02 January 2025
GP APPOINTMENTS
All routine appointments have been cancelled. You are no longer able to book an appointment for a routine matter. This decision has been taken by the Scottish Government in relation to the COVID-19 outbreak. We will be calling patients who have appointments already booked.
If you have a non-infection related URGENT MEDICAL ISSUE please contact us directly and you will be phoned back by a member of the medical team to be triaged.
DISTRICT NURSE APPOINTMENTS
The District Nurse team will be in contact with you via telephone to discuss your appointment.
PRESCRIPTIONS
All prescription requests must be made via Practice Website or telephone. Please DO NOT attempt to put your prescription through the letter box. When requesting a prescription you must allow at least 72 hrs for collection at the Pharmacy due to the high volume of requests. Prescriptions will not be given out from the practice.
Our Admin staff have been asked to check if your medication request is due from the date of your last order.
TELEPHONE LINES
Our telephone lines are extremely busy. We had an unprecedented number of calls this week asking for general advice. Please accept our apologies but we are doing our very best to answer as quickly as possible. We have our Admin Team working incredibly hard throughout the day.
Additional Practice Staff
Mental Health Nurse Terri. If you are experiencing, low mood, anxiety or stress, trouble controlling your emotions, or difficulty sleeping you can make an appointment with Terri on a Tuesday.
Advanced Physiotherapy Practitioner Craig. Craig can assess, diagnose and refer for further treatment. You can make an appointment with the Physio Practitioner on Thursday.
Get Well, Keep Well
Of course we’re not just here for when you are unwell. Our team of healthcare professionals and back-up staff offer a number of clinics and services to promote good health and wellbeing whatever your medical condition.
Join In
We hope you enjoy having a look around the site and familiarising yourself with some of the online features such as ordering a repeat prescription. Whatever your thoughts, be sure to let us know via our feedback function. Comments and suggestions are always a great way of helping us continue to enhance the way we look after you.
Access
The practice has disabled access throughout the building. There is a disabled toilet located off the reception area with full disabled facilities There are also ramps leading up to the main entrance and rear entrance of the building. A disabled parking space is located in the car park.
(Site updated 25/03/2024)