Welcome

Welcome to the Dalhousie Medical Practice website. We hope you will benefit from a user friendly layout and information about our healthcare services. You can also find out when we are open and what to do when we are not, all from the comfort of your own home.

Serving over 9300 patients, Our team are dedicated to your continued good health and approach your care with professionalism.

The practice normally agrees to accept all patients requesting to join its list. We do not discriminate on grounds of age, race, gender, sexual orientation, appearance, social class, religion, disability or medical condition.

This winter, please help us by getting the right care in the right place by:

• searching NHSInform.Scot for self-help advice on common symptoms and a guide to local services and opening times
• visiting your local pharmacy first to help treat minor illnesses, many can provide consultations without an appointment and prescribe medicines previously only available from your GP
• calling the GP practice for routine or urgent care during normal opening hours
• contacting your dentist for dental problems or an optician for eye problems
• calling 111, day or night, for minor injuries advice and treatment or for urgent care when your GP or dental practice is closed
• dialing 999 or attend A&E ONLY in a critical emergency

 For more information please visit: services.nhslothian.scot/rightcare

Seeing your GP - Important Notice

We operate a same day appointment system and to book an appointment, please phone us at 0131-3703999 between 08:30 - 18:00. Our trained medical receptionist team will signpost your query to the appropriate medical professional.

Once you have phoned the surgery and made an appointment, a member of our clinical team will phone you back to discuss your concerns. if you need to be seen in person, you will be offered a further appointment to come to the surgery. 

If you are worried about your health we are always there for you. To hear about how our service has changed and how you might be able to treat yourself at home using the NHS Inform self help guides, please take a moment to listen to this short video about access your GP during this time https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c8V14lrcHAA

Thank you from the team at Dalhousie Medical Practice.

Ordering Prescriptions

Prescriptions should be ordered by email to loth.prescriptionss77055@nhs.scot and please note that we need five working days notice to turnaround your repeat requests and seven working days for new prescriptions. Therefore, where possible, please make sure you order your prescription in plenty of time. Visit our Prescriptions page on this website to learn how to order your prescriptions.  

Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV)

If you have symptoms associated with the Coronavirus, please follow the most up to date guidance and advice on COVID-19, please visit the NHS Inform website

Minor Ailment Service

Please be aware that the community pharmacy Minor Ailment Service has now been extended to allow anyone registered with a GP practice, who has a minor illness or a common condition, to speak to a member of the pharmacy team for advice and treatment without the need to see a GP. To understand more about minor ailments.

Self Certifying and Sick Certificates

If you need advice about sick certificates and self certifying, please visit Gov.UK

One Click Away

You can now access a number of services online. Ordering a repeat prescription or sending us your comments are both just a click away. And if you are not yet registered with us you can download the necessary forms here too.

We also have a text reminder service. If you wish us to send text reminders, or invite you in for screening (e.g. seasonal flu vaccination) please tell a member of the reception team and provide us with your mobile phone number to take advantage of this service.  You can opt out of this service at any time.