Ellon Medical Practice

06/11/2025

*Notice to Patients of Ellon Medical Practice*

Due to unexpected & ongoing absence within the practice clinical team, we are currently working with less routine triage appointment capacity on a daily basis.

Telephone lines are still open from 8.30am each day & the telephone message updates when all routine triage appointments have been booked. At this point, if your condition is medically urgent, please stay on the line & an admin staff member will assist. If your condition is non-urgent, please call back the next working day. Practice Nurse & Phlebotomy appointments are running as normal.

We fully appreciate this reduced routine appointment availability causes patient frustration & calling back the next working day can be challenging. However triaging all requests for consultations remains the only safe way for clinicians to ensure that they are able to help the patients who are in the most clinical need.

We are actively seeking a locum GP to help during this time & are also advertising for a permanent salaried GP post to strengthen the clinical team here at Ellon.

We appreciate your understanding & please be assured we are doing all we can to alleviate the pressure & will return to normal capacity as soon as we are able.

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Ellon Group Practice

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17/10/2025

PATIENT NOTICE: EMERGENCY SERVICE ONLY 17.10.25
Due to unavoidable absence within the GP Team, we are running an emergency only service today.
Therefore if your condition is non-urgent , please contact the surgery on the next working day. If you condition is medically urgent , please call the surgery , choose Option 2 & an admin team member will assist with your call.

Please note : Pre-booked Practice Nurse, Health Care Support Worker/Phlebotomy/Spirometry & Cervical Smear appts will continue as normal. Telephone reviews for Hypertension & Diabetes will also go ahead.

We appreciate your understanding today.

17/07/2025

Adult weight management programmes. Please see information below from NHS Grampian.

Local partners in Sport and Leisure across Grampian offer a combined physical activity and nutrition education and support programme to people who meet the following criteria:
• Those 18 years of age or over
• With a BMI of 25 – 37.9 (or a BMI of over 23 for some minority ethnic groups)
• Who are ready to make a change

People can self-refer, or health care professionals can refer patients directly themselves. Further information can be found via this link:
Adult Weight Management Programme across NHS Grampian

NHS Grampian have partnered with the Sport and Leisure Providers in all 3 Health and Social Care Partnerships to provide Counterweight Core, a a 12-month programme of support which starts with a 13-we