Aberfeldy and Kinloch Rannoch Medical Practice

09/01/2026

Has anyone lost a set of keys?
They’ve been handed into the surgery in Aberfeldy

08/01/2026

Well done 👏🏻

Nursing staff who share almost 1000 years of service with the NHS have been honoured with Queen’s Nursing Institute Scotland (QNIS) long service awards for their commitment to the community.

The QNIS long service award is given to community nurses with 21 years of service in recognition of their dedication. A total of 41 nurses working in Angus, Dundee and Perth & Kinross received the award from Emma Legge, QNIS professional nurse lead (leadership), at a celebration event at Royal Victoria Hospital.

The nurses, who have a combined length of service of 976 years, work across a range of areas, including district nursing, community mental health and primary care.

One of the nurses awarded was Karen Oliver, a community staff nurse in Angus who sadly died in September last year. Karen had a 36-year nursing career in Angus, 22 years of which were spent with the district nursing teams in Arbroath. At the request of Karen's husband Garry, the award was collected by Eileen Smith, senior nurse for primary care.

Eileen said, “The long service award is a well-deserved honour for Karen as she was someone who always put others first and we know that she would have been delighted to share this occasion with her colleagues. She was a much-valued colleague and a huge loss to the district nursing family.”

The event was also attended by Jayne Smith, Nurse Director for Dundee Health and Social Care Partnership, who said, “It really was an honour to celebrate the dedication and expertise of this group of nurses. We are extremely fortunate to have individuals with this level of service and experience to support families across Tayside.”

NHS Tayside Chief Executive Nicky Connor said, “I would like to say a huge congratulations to everyone who received these awards for more than 21 years of service in the community. The amount of experience in this group is fantastic and their commitment and compassion to patients across Tayside have made a lasting impact on many lives.

“As a trustee of the Queen’s Nursing Institute Scotland, I am especially proud to celebrate their achievements and the vital role they play in shaping the future of nursing in Scotland.”

08/01/2026

⚠️ Severe Weather Notice – Kinloch Rannoch ⚠️
For the safety of our staff during periods of severe bad weather in Kinloch Rannoch, our opening times may need to be adjusted.
This may include:

Opening slightly later, and/or
Closing slightly earlier

to allow staff to travel after or close to the gritting of commuting roads.
During these times, all phone calls will be answered by Aberfeldy Medical Practice.
Thank you for your understanding and support.

The Met Office has extended the yellow weather warning for snow and ice until midday on Friday.

Our crews have been out overnight treating priority roads and footways before treating non-priority routes.

In Perth and Kinross we have over 1,500 miles of roads and 890 miles of footways.
Around 570 miles of the road network is designated as a high priority and we aim to grit around 150 miles of footways each morning before schools open.

Please continue to be careful if out and about and please visit www.pkc.gov.uk/gritting for more information.

If you need to report an empty grit bin please visit www.pkc.gov.uk/article/14928/Grit-bins

06/01/2026

Kinloch Rannoch surgery will be closed between 1-2pm on Wednesday 7th January ❄️
Apologises for any inconvenience and thanks for your patience

30/12/2025

Huge congratulations to you Dave 👏🏻

Huge congratulations to Dave Bywater who is the recipient of the King’s Ambulance Service Medal in the New Year Honours.

Dave, SAS’s Lead Consultant Paramedic, has dedicated the prestigious accolade, to his dad Tom and daughter Rachel.

"It’s a tremendous honour and an amazing thing to receive - I am truly honoured. I’d like to dedicate this to Rachel and my dad Tom – they are a huge inspiration to me and both would have been over the moon that I’ve received this award.”

Dave joined SAS in 1996, starting out as an ambulance care assistant. He qualified as a paramedic in 2001 before going on to join SORT. His career has since spanned roles including Clinical Advisor and Practice Placement Educator.

Read more at www.scottishambulance.com/news/kam-ny-dave-bywater/

23/12/2025

Wishing you a very Merry Christmas and a Happy & Healthy New Year, from the whole BGP team! 🎄🎅

Thank you to everyone who has sent in cards and gifts to the practice, we really appreciate you thinking of us.

Our opening hours over the festive period are as follows:

Monday 22nd December - open as normal
Tuesday 23rd December - open as normal
Wednesday 24th December - open as normal
Thursday 25th December - closed
Friday 26th December - closed

Monday 29th December - open as normal
Tuesday 30th December - open as normal
Wednesday 31st January - open as normal
Thursday 1st January - closed
Friday 2nd January - closed

Monday 5th January - back to normal opening hours

If you require medical attention or advice when the practice is closed, please dial 111.

In a medical emergency dial 999.

23/12/2025

GP practices will be closed for four days at Christmas (25-28 December) and four days at New Year (1-4 January).

Make sure you have common medicines such as paracetamol (including liquid paracetamol for children), ibuprofen, cold and flu remedies, antihistamines and medicine for stomach bugs, as well as first aid kit supplies like plasters, bandages and antiseptic wipes/creams.

Your pharmacist can advise on the best medications to have in your medicine cabinet.

Visit www.keepwellinwinter.scot.nhs.uk for more tips on staying well over the winter months.

20/12/2025

What an amazing Christmas window we have this year!! 🎄
Huge thanks to Hilary and her son who have decorated our entrance window in our Aberfeldy Surgery 🎄🎅🏻

17/12/2025

Issue 92 of Community Engagement newsletter

The Community Engagement Team are part of Perth and Kinross Health & Social Care Partnership (HSCP). Our role is to support communities across Perth and Kinross to: have conversations about health and

17/12/2025

COMPUTERS BACK ON AND WORKING

Our computers are down in Aberfeldy and Kinloch Rannoch surgeries, it’s a Tayside wide outage, sorry for the inconvenience and hopefully it will be resolved quickly