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Welcome to the Heilendi Practice Website

We hope you will quickly benefit from a user friendly layout and a wealth of information about our Practice. This website is for both existing patients and those considering registering with us. It has been developed to provide useful information about our Practice and the healthcare services we offer at Heilendi Practice, Shapinsay Surgery and North Ronaldsay. 

Please click on  the 'Latest News' link above where you will find more information on our patient services, newsletter and patient information updates. 

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GP Appointments –  We offer our patients the choice of a face to face or telephone consultation. The majority of our appointments are face to face but we do have telephone slots for patients who prefer a phone call. If you need an appointment please call us on 888270. Appointments can also be made online. 

Repeat Prescriptions – We will no longer be accepting phone calls for repeat prescriptions.  Patients are required to register for our online Patient Services which is available 24/7, hand in your repeat slip to Sutherlands or Boots or hand them into reception at the Practice. The reason for this is to free up our phone lines for our patients who need to speak to our team. Housebound and Shapinsay patients can continue to call in their repeat medication requests.

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Advanced Physiotherapy Practitioners (APP)

This post is currently vacant.  Their role is to assess patients with soft tissue, muscle and joint pain and to decide on the most appropriate management pathway. APPs are physiotherapists with expertise in the assessment and management of Musculoskeletal (MSK) conditions.
Examples of what you can see an APP for are:
- All soft tissue injuries, sprains, strains or sports injuries
 - Arthritis – any joint
- Possible problems with muscles, ligaments, tendons or bone, eg tennis elbow, carpal tunnel syndrome, ankle sprains
- Spinal pain including lower back pain, mid-back pain and neck pain
- Spinal-related pain in arms or legs, including nerve symptoms, eg pins and needles or numbness
- Post-orthopaedic surgery
Times when it is not appropriate to see an APP:
 - If you are acutely unwell
 - Children under 16
- Medical management of rheumatoid conditions
- Women’s health, antenatal and postnatal problems
- Medication reviews for non-MSK conditions
- Neurological and respiratory conditions
- Headaches
- Acute mental health crises

 

Primary Care Mental Health Nurse

The role of Primary Care Mental Health Nurse is an exciting new addition to the Primary Care multidisciplinary team, which has been growing over the recent months. The purpose of this role is to allow access to specialist mental health support and treatment direct from the local GP practices. By intervening earlier, we hope to improve outcomes for patients and in some cases more severe mental health difficulties may be avoided.

The main focus of the Primary Care Mental Health Nurse position is:

- To promote positive mental health and wellbeing for all.

- To provide information, guidance, support and access to treatments for mild to moderate mental health conditions such as anxiety and low mood.

- To provide specialist community based mental health support for individuals in crisis.

- To work as part of a wider multidisciplinary team to support our local community.

Patients may be referred to this service after being reviewed by their GP or other specialist service. Patients who feel they may benefit from this service may also book an appointment by contacting Heilendi on 888270. Please note, for those patients who are currently receiving treatment from the Community Mental Health Team, Children and Adolescent Mental Health Service, Psychiatry or Psychology, we would ask that any queries be referred to them in the first instance.

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We will be closed on the following Public Holidays in 2024/25


Monday 30th September 2024

Wednesday 25th December 2024

Thursday 26th December 2024

Wednesday  1st January 2025

Thursday 2nd January 2025


If you need to see a Doctor during that time please phone NHS24 on 111 or if it is an emergency phone 999.  


(Site updated 13/08/2024)