Albyn Medical Practice now have an official Facebook page. Please click the link below to be taken to the page. We will be posting updates about the Practice and information from the wider NHS service. 

Albyn Medical Practice | Facebook

NHS Grampian have released the video below as part of a media campaign to advertise and inform of other primary care services available to patients, alongside your GP.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yz8XHZAaSPQ&t=7s

Effective Immediately - January 2023

Albyn Medical Practice has unfortunately reached capacity to treat patients safely and a decicion has been made along with NHS Grampian to close the practice list for a period of time. If our patient numbers reduce then we may be able to resume registering new patients. There will be a review at the end of April 2023.

How are practices working now?

All appointments are being triaged - this means that people with the greatest need are being seen first and that face-to-face appointments are reserved for those who really need them.

Why do receptionists ask personal questions?

Put simply, because they have been asked to! Anyone that is tasked with answering a call at a GP practice must maintain strict confidence and only ask questions to help you get the right treatment.

What is Triage?

The Duty medic will assess all the information from every eConsult and phone query and decide who needs to be seen in person, who needs a phone consultation, who needs to be seen via video and who can be directed to a community pharmacist etc.

Where else can I get help?

NHS Inform has a wealth of information to help you help yourself: https://www.nhsinform.scot/.

Community Pharmacists (chemists) can help with many common ailments and illnesses and can prescribe some medicines too - click here for more information on Pharmacy First and how it can help you.

Please be patient

Primary Care Teams have been on the frontline and have been working incredibly hard throughout the pandemic. Many of them are exhausted and they really are doing their best to help you.

Just like you they want to get back to as close to normal as possible as soon as possible, but we are not there yet.

We have currently suspended booking of appointments online. This allows us to check the reason for your appointment and deal with this by phone if appropriate to prevent patients visiting the practice if this is not needed.

Prescriptions can still be ordered using this service - please ensure that you advise us which pharmacy you would like to pick up your prescriptions from.