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Please note that due to demand on our services, from 1st August it will now take 3 days for your routine repeat prescription to be processed. See the Prescription Page for more details.

 Special Notice

Due to unprecedented demand on our services, we regret that we have taken the difficult decision to temporarily close registrations at the practice.  We apologise for any inconvenience that this may cause.

We will continue to register new babies of existing patients and relatives of existing patients who live in the practice area.

 

 

To request your medical records please complete the form. Please click the link to access 

Patients Click Here to download the form to request their medical notes

Welcome to Slateford 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.

Up to Date Contact details

We are increasingly finding that the contact telephone numbers and addresses we have on record are out of date.  Please help us by advising the Practice promptly of any changes.  You can do this via the link on the Home screen or by handing the information to Reception.

Lunchtime closures - the practice will be closed from 12.30 -13.30 each day until further notice for practice development and training. 

  If you need a doctor in the case of an emergency during these times please call 07912 487 499.  PLEASE NOTE THAT THE VOICEMAIL FACILITY IS NOT MONITORED, THEREFORE PLEASE DO NOT LEAVE A VOICEMAIL MESSAGE, THANK YOU.

 

Chronic Disease Clinics

Chronic diseases clinics are currently being re-introduced.  The practice will be working towards having a face to face appointment with those patients needing an annual review of their medical condition.

 

 

 

 

  

 

NHS Digital Data Sharing Opt OUT

We would like to reassure our patients that the proposed extraction of GP data by NHS digital does NOT include any patient registered with this practice or in NHS Scotland. NHS Digital provide services in England so are not able to access any data held in Scotland. Further information can be found on how NHS Scotland handles your data on NHS inform website https://www.nhsinform.scot/care-support-and-rights/health-rights/confidentiality-and-data-protection/how-the-nhs-handles-your-personal-health-information

Data Protection

On the 25th of May 2018 the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) came into force in the UK. We are making changes to our Privacy Policy so that we are ready for GDPR. Please see separate section for details.

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