Station Road Medical Practice

20/11/2025

Antibiotic resistance is everyone’s business: act now, protect our present, secure our future.

20/11/2025

Battling the flu? 🤧 Here are some top tips from NHS inform to help you feel better and stop the flu from spreading:

TREATING FLU

🔹 Rest and Sleep: Give your body the time it needs to recover.
🔹 Stay Hydrated: Drink plenty of water to keep yourself hydrated.
🔹 Medication: Take paracetamol or ibuprofen to reduce fever and ease aches and pains.

The symptoms of flu usually develop 1 to 3 days after becoming infected, and most people will feel better within a week.

PREVENTING THE SPREAD

🔹 Good Hygiene: Wash your hands often with warm water and soap.
🔹 Cover Up: Use a tissue or your elbow to cover your mouth and nose when you cough or sneeze.
🔹 Get Rid: Bin used tissues as soon as possible.
🔹 Stay Home: If you have a high temperature or feel unwell, stay at home to avoid spreading the flu to others.
🔹 Clean Surfaces: regularly disinfect places like your computer keyboard, telephone and door handles.

Remember flu is spread by germs from coughs and sneezes, which can live on hands and surfaces for 24 hours. Follow our hygiene tips above to prevent the virus from spreading further!

20/11/2025

It’s Atrial Fibrillation Week ❤️

❔What is Atrial Fibrillation (AF)?

For your heart to beat properly, the four chambers of your heart must contract regularly in the right order. This is your heartbeat. 🫀

Sometimes something goes wrong, and your heart can end up beating out of order. This is called an arrhythmia.

The most common type of arrhythmia is atrial fibrillation (AF), where your heartbeat is irregular and can beat very fast at odd times.

Learn more about AF, common symptoms, how it is diagnosed and how to manage the condition in our essential guide 👉 https://ow.ly/iUhx50XtXuw

📞 If you’re living with AF and are in need of support, contact our Advice Line on freephone 0808 801 0899, email adviceline@chss.org.uk or text ADVICE to 66777.

20/11/2025

**PROTECTED LEARNING**

The practice takes part in a number of Protected Learning Time (PLT) events throughout the year. This dedicated time allows the practice the opportunity to close for the afternoon to carry out essential staff training and address learning and professional development needs for the whole practice team. Protected Learning Time also allows us as a practice to improve on our service delivery and ensure we are providing a high standard of care to our patient population.

We would like to advise you that the practice will be closed for a PLT event on the following date

Thursday 27th November from 1pm-5.30pm

Between the hours of 1pm-5.30pm on this day, if you require urgent medical attention which cannot wait until the following day to be seen by your GP, please telephone the Ayrshire Urgent Care Service on 01563 826930 and a member of staff will be able to assist you with your enquiry. The Ayrshire Urgent Care Service will provide a clinical assessment where required and if you require to be seen by a GP within these hours, your GP Practice will contact you directly.

07/11/2025

Receptionists are not ‘just admin’ — they are patient advocates, navigating complex systems to get people the care they need. They are the gateway to the cli...

07/11/2025

** Consultation Statistics**

During the month of October our Reception Team answered 11,047 calls to the Practice. Please bear with us when the phone lines are busy, particularly on a Monday morning, our Team work exceptionally hard to answer as many calls as possible each day.

Our Clinicians also carried out 3,264 face to face consultations and 1,786 telephone consultations throughout October and are dealing with multiple patient contacts through the day, both acute and routine.

Our Team work exceptionally hard to treat as many patients as possible through the most appropriate patient care pathway so this could mean it is more appropriate for you to be seen by one of our multidisciplinary team members such as our Mental Health Practitioner or our Physiotherapist amongst others.

Your local pharmacy is also the most appropriate contact for minor ailments which may be treated through the Pharmacy First Service.

24/10/2025

NHS inform is Scotland's national health information service helping the people in Scotland to make informed decisions about their own health and the health of the people they care for

24/10/2025

24/10/2025

Your pharmacist can provide treatment or some prescription medicine, if needed, for seven common conditions - without you seeing a GP.

Think pharmacy first and get seen by your local community pharmacy team.

15/10/2025

** September Consultation Statistics**

During the month of September our Reception Team answered 11,220 calls to the Practice. Please bear with us when the phone lines are busy, particularly on a Monday morning, our Team work exceptionally hard to answer as many calls as possible each day.

Our Clinicians also carried out 2,940 face to face consultations and 1,538 telephone consultations throughout September and are dealing with multiple patient contacts through the day, both acute and routine.

Our Team work exceptionally hard to treat as many patients as possible through the most appropriate patient care pathway so this could mean it is more appropriate for you to be seen by one of our multidisciplinary team members such as our Mental Health Practitioner or our Physiotherapist amongst others.

Your local pharmacy is also the most appropriate contact for minor ailments which may be treated through the Pharmacy First Service.

01/10/2025

01/10/2025

▪️Low back pain is very common. More than 80 out of 100 people have this condition at some point in their life. It can be a cause of worry, disability and time off work.

▪️Even though it can be distressing, low back pain is rarely linked with serious conditions. Most of the time, symptoms settle quickly. However, it's common to get pain that keeps returning. In some people, pain can last longer than a few weeks.

▪️There is no one cause of low back pain, but various things can contribute. These are called contributory factors. The factors are unique to you and your situation.

▪️For more information on back pain please click the link to our website:

https://www.nhsaaa.net/services/services-a-z/allied-health-professionals-ahps/musculoskeletal-service-2/back-problems/