Practice News

Public Holidays 2025/26

 

Lincluden Medical Centre will be closed for public holidays on the following dates:

  • Easter 2025 – Friday 18th April and Monday 21st April 2025

  • May Day 2025 – Monday 5th May 2025 - GP practices only

  • Spring 2025 – Monday 26th May 2025

  • Fair Monday 2025 – Monday 21st July 2025 – GP practices only

  • Autumn 2025 - Monday 29th September 2025

  • Christmas 2025 – Thursday 25th December and Friday 26th December 2025

  • New Year 2026 Thursday 1st January and Friday 2nd January 2026

 Please consider re-order of any prescriptions to ensure you have an adequate supply prior to these dates.

Closures for Staff Training

As part of NHS Lanarkshire's investment in developing care services, Lincluden Medical Centre will close from 2pm on the following dates:

  • 11th September 2024
  • 18th December 2024
  • 14th May 2025

This is to allow the practice teams to take part in the Protected Learning time for Primary Care.

What will happen?

NHS Lanarkshire has GPs, Advanced Nurse Practitioners (ANPs) and Call Handlers to provide cover for patients who require Acute or Urgent Care during 1400-1800hours.  Routine requests (such as results or repeat prescriptions) from patients received via the call handlers will be asked to call back the following day when your GP practice resumes business as usual.   

The Call Handlers will screen all calls received in a similar manner to practice reception staff and if deemed appropriate, the patient will be transferred to a clinician who will initially carry out a telephone consultation.  If the clinician feels that it is necessary for the patient to be seen face to face, they will arrange and appointment at a primary care centre or house visit that afternoon.   

If the clinician decides that a home visit is necessary, this will be arranged to complete a clinical assessment.  Dedicated cars and drivers have been identified to support the clinician with home visits and will be made available for use.

 

Travel Vaccines

Since Friday 1 April, the way people access travel vaccinations has changed. Vaccinations previously delivered at GP practices are now the responsibility of NHS Lanarkshire and provided by certain community pharmacies.

The vaccines are:

  • Hepatitis A;
  • Typhoid;
  • Hepatitis A and typhoid combined;
  • Cholera;
  • Revaxis (polio/diphtheria/tetanus).

The consultation and vaccination will continue to be free of charge for people who live in Lanarkshire or who are registered with a Lanarkshire GP practice.

People should know the vaccination requirements of the country they are travelling to and allow for sufficient time to be vaccinated. The information is available at www.fitfortravel.nhs.uk. They can then contact their nearest participating pharmacy to arrange an appointment.

Some travellers may need vaccines and anti-malarials which are not provided free of charge through the NHS service. Pharmacies may provide this additional service, however, there will be a charge for this.

For details of all local participating pharmacies, visit: www.nhslanarkshire.scot.nhs.uk/services/travel-vaccinations/

General travel health advice is available at: www.nhsinform.scot/care-support-and-rights/nhs-services/doctors/travel-health-and-vaccinations

Fear of Flying & Diazepam Prescribing

From 1st March 2022 the doctors at Lincluden Medical Surgery will no longer prescribe diazepam, or any other benzodiazepines, to treat fear of flying. To view our policy and reasons for this decision please click here.

Coronavirus

For the latest information about the coronavirus, please visit the NHSinform.scot website