Albyn Medical Practice - Information for new patients wishing to join the doctors surgery

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May 2018

As we say goodbye to Dr Farquharson & wish her well in her retirement, Albyn Medical Practice are pleased to welcome Dr L Sinclair to the practice. Dr Sinclair joins us as a partner. She did her ST training here at the practice & has, since leaving in August 2017, been a GP up in Cruden Bay.

March 2018

After 30 years with Albyn Medical Practice Dr Farquharson is retiring at the end of April. It goes without saying that we wish her all the best for her retirement.

February 2018

The Practice welcomes back Dr Jennifer Anderson who returns to do her ST3 training with us. Dr Anderson will be with us for 18 months.

January 2018

See our stars of the future tell us about having a Cold & Antibiotics.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X80IePmW_IY&feature=youtu.be

April 2017

(SPIRE) Scottish Primary Care Information Resource

NHSScotland is improving the way it uses information from GP patient records

From May 2017 we will improve the way we use information from GP patient records. These changes will help to plan and improve health and care services in Scotland.

SPIRE (Scottish Primary Care Information Resource) is a service that has been developed to help GPs, the NHS in Scotland and researchers to learn from information held at GP practices.

Registration

Practice Catchment Area

Non-English Speakers

How to Register With Us

register_now Please contact the practice by telephoning 01224 586829 and ask for information on how to register.

Visit the practice between 11.00 a.m. and 4.30 p.m. to complete registration forms.

We need to ensure all new patients reside within the practice boundaries. Please click on the Practice Catchment Area tab or ask one of our receptionists prior to registration if you are uncertain.

All new patient applications must be accompanied by two forms of identification (one confirming your home address and the other photographic evidence).

If you are from overseas it is important that we establish your residency status within Scotland and you will be asked to produce documentation to support your application (passport, EHIC, Visa, etc.).

Please make sure that the practice has your correct name, address and a contact telephone number at all times.

Practice Catchment Area

Only patients living within our practice catchment area can be accepted for registration.

Our catchment area covers most of Aberdeen City within the following boundaries:

North of City: - River Don then south from Haudagain roundabout taking in Heathryfold, Northfield, Mastrick and Sheddocksley, across to Kingswells.
West of City: - Kingswells following the road over towards Cults, down Kirk Brae to North Deeside Road.
South of the City: - Along North Deeside Road, down Westerton Road onto Inchgarth Road, then following the River Dee, over the bridge taking in Leggart, then south on the Stonehaven Road, taking in all of kincorth and Redmoss, north along Wellington Road to the railway line

We regret that we are unable to accept patients living in the following areas:

Altens, Banchory Devenick, Bieldside, Bridge of Don, Bucksburn, Cove, Cults, (other than mentioned above), Maryculter, Milltimber

Non-English Speakers

These fact sheets have been written to explain the role of UK health services, the National Health Service (NHS), to newly-arrived individuals seeking asylum. They cover issues such as the role of GPs, their function as gatekeepers to the health services, how to register and how to access emergency services.

Special care has been taken to ensure that information is given in clear language, and the content and style has been tested with user groups.

Open the leaflets in one of the following languages

English	Urdu
Albanian	Hindi
Arabic	Lithuanian
Bulgarian	Polish
Chinese (Cantonese)	Portuguese
Chinese (Mandarin)	Spanish
Russian	French
Turkish	Punjabi
Gujerati	Somali
Croatian	Bengali
Farsi