20 June 2024
Community Pharmacies
In preparation for the upcoming public holiday on Monday 15 July 2024, please check your repeat prescription and order only what you need, in plenty of time.
On the public holidays, some community pharmacies will be open.
Community Pharmacists can provide you with expert advice and treatment for a range of common illnesses and ailments and give advice about your medicines.
Health Centres and GP Practices
Most health centres and GP practices in the Borders will be closed for the public holiday on Monday 15 July 2024.
The following practices will be open:
- Coldstream – Coldstream Medical Practice
- Earlston – Earlston Medical Practice
- Galashiels - Roxburgh Street Medical Practice
- Hawick – Teviot Medical Practice
- Kelso – Kelso Medical Practice
- Lauder – Stow and Lauder Medical Practice
- Newcastleton– Newcastleton Medical Practice
- Stow – Stow and Lauder Medical Practice
- West Linton – West LintonMedical Practice
Please help us to keep you and our NHS safe by using our services wisely and seeking the right care at the right place.
If you need health advice or treatment for non-life-threatening conditions, please call NHS 24 on 111 and they will signpost you to the right place to get the advice or care that you need. You may need to wait a while for your call to be answered or for a member of the team to call you back, but this can be done in the comfort of your own home.
If you do need to be seen, you may be given an appointment. This will avoid you having to make any unnecessary trips to hospital, and it also ensures that our specialists in the Emergency Department are available to treat people who require emergency medical care for life threatening conditions.
If it is an emergency, you should still call 999 as you did before or come to the Emergency Department, where our team will be able provide you with emergency medical care.
