Public Holidays

The practice will be closed on Wednesday 25th & Thursday 26th December and again on Wednesday 1st January & Thursday 2nd January for the Christmas & New Year holidays. Please ensure you have ordered enough medication to see you over the festivities. For anyone requiring medical attention that cannot wait until the practice is open, please phone NHS 24 on 111. For any life threatening emergencies, please dial 999. 

General Medical Services Contract - NHS Borders

From 1 November 2022 Duns Medical Group has operated as a ‘2C Practice’, which means that it has been run entirely by NHS Borders. GP cover has been provided on a locum basis to date.

We are continuing to progress the procurement process for the General Medical Services Contract for Duns Medical Group. Following the Prior Information Notice (PIN) being issued in July, we issued a Tender on Friday 22nd November which will be in place for 30 days.

If the procurement process is successful, this will allow the practice to return to Independent Contractor status, meaning it would be run by a permanent GP or GP partnership. If the process is not successful, the practice will continue to be run by NHs Borders.

We do understand the concern that this can cause and are sorry for any inconvenience.

Primary Care services across Duns, Chirnside and the surrounding areas are under considerable pressure so please do not attempt to move to a different GP Practice whilst we are going through this period of change. 

In the meantime, the practice is open and operating as normal. Please continue to contact the practice if you require GP services.

Cathy Wilson, General Manager, Primary and Community Services, NHS Borders

Blood Pressure Monitors

If the practice has loaned you a blood pressure machine and you have completed the 1 week of monitoring you were asked to record, we would be grateful if you could return the machine at your earliest convenience. Other patients are awaiting these machines, we do not have enough to be loaned out on a long-term basis.  

eConsult is now live!

The surgery has now introduced eConsult, a new and efficient method of contacting us for all clinical and administrative queries, and we would encourage all our patients to use this as the first point of contact with us. By completing a short form, you will be able to provide us with a significant and useful amount of information about your query, which will allow us to deliver you an effective and efficient response in a timely manner. Click on the big blue banner on the home page to get started. For more information on eConsult please click on the Appointments tab.

Parking

Please be reminded that disabled parking spaces are for those who require them and who have a valid disabled badge. Also, please do not park or wait in/at the doctor spaces to the rear of the health centre; access is required at all times by GPs.