Albyn Medical Practice

03/04/2026

**EASTER MONDAY - PRACTICE CLOSURE**

Happy easter to all of our patients! We hope you all have a lovely weekend, and enjoy many egg-shaped or bunny-shaped chocolates.

This is a reminder that we are closed on Monday for the public holiday, re-opening as normal on Tuesday at 8am.

01/04/2026

**PRACTICE CLOSURE - TODAY, 12PM**

A reminder we are closing the Practice at 12pm today until 1.30pm for a staff meeting. Our building and phone lines will be closed during this time. We will reopen as normal at 1.30pm.

Our eConsults are temporarily turned off due to reaching capacity.

If you experience a life threatening medical emergency, please dial 999.

30/03/2026

** PRACTICE CLOSURE **

Between 12-1.30pm on Wednesday 1st April, we will be closed to hold a staff meeting. The phone lines will be temporarily diverted and the building will be closed during this time.

We thank you for your understanding and patience during this time. We will back operating as normal from 1.30pm.

26/03/2026

**STAFF UPDATE**

Our fantastic Practice Nurse, Lindsay, has been training over recent months to learn how to insert and remove contraceptive implants. Lindsay has now completed her training, and will soon be offering clinics here at Albyn Medical Practice.

We are not only able to see our own patients, but any patient within Aberdeen who is looking for a contraceptive implant. We will register you as a temporary patient for the purpose of the procedure only.

If you are interested in learning more, or would like to be seen in our clinic, please phone us on 01224 586829.

19/03/2026

**PATIENT NOTICE**

In July, our practice will be moving from our existing software to an alternative one, as part of a nationwide change across GP practices in Scotland.

This transition will inevitably impact our ability to provide a full service in the days leading up to, and the days following the switchover. We are already working hard in advance of the switch to plan ahead and minimise any disruption to patient care.

We wanted to make our patient population aware of this as early as possible, to keep you all as informed as possible. We are hopeful this will increase awareness of the barriers we will experience and how we are trying to mitigate these, to continue providing a high quality of care to you all.

We’ll continue to share updates as we get closer to our transition date. We are a few months away yet, but work has very much begun to ensure the transition is as smooth as it can be, and our staff and colleagues feel informed throughout. We will be sending global information out too, likely via text message.

The image below is an accurate representation of the various hats being worn at this moment in time!

Thank you in advance for your patience and understanding💙

26/02/2026

**CHANGES TO PHONE MENU**

We would like to share the good news that we have amended our phone menu slightly. We have added in an additional option, which will be available from Monday 2nd March, that will take you directly through to our secretarial team.

If you are phoning us with a query about a referral, or you have submitted solicitors or life insurance paperwork, you have applied to the British Army, are awaiting DVLA paperwork or perhaps you have applied for a jury duty exemption letter - this option is for you.

You will be redirected to a voicemail service, where you will be prompted to leave a detailed message. Our secretarial team will review your message, find out the necessary information you have requested and phone you back within 5 working days. If your query is more urgent than this, you need only state this at the start of your message and if appropriate, the secretaries will prioritise your query.

We are positive that this will help with the appropriate redirecting of calls and get you to the most appropriate team in the quickest way.

24/02/2026

**REMINDER RE PRACTICE CLOSURE**

This is a reminder that we will be closed from 2pm today for staff training. We will re-open at 8am tomorrow morning.

We will be operating an emergency only service during this time, and our eConsults will be unavailable.

We appreciate your understanding while we undertake essential training.

20/02/2026

**PATIENT INFORMATION**

Tuesday 24th February, in the afternoon, the Practice will be closed to undertake staff training. We will close at 2pm and remain closed for the remainder of the day. We will be on an emergency-only service that afternoon. Our eConsults will be turned off.

We will re-open at 8am on Wednesday morning.

We use these afternoons to rally the entire team together (a rare occasion!) and go through training and updates in a more relaxed environment. We thank you for your understanding and patience during this time.

19/02/2026

If you, or someone you know, is looking to get into medicine, please look at Pathway To Med School.

Now running in Aberdeen- Doctor Led courses to assist with your application to study medicine!

09/02/2026

**PATIENT NOTICE**

We are experiencing some technical difficulties with our phone system at the moment. Our engineers are assessing the problem and will hopefully get us back online very soon.

If you are experiencing a life-threatening medical emergency, please phone 999 for assistance.

We will update you all as soon as we are up and running again. We have had to also close our eConsult service for the day as the demand has been exceptionally high.

If your query is non-urgent, please consider waiting until tomorrow to phone us, or visit your local community pharmacy for advice or guidance. NHS inform is also an excellent website to consider.

03/02/2026

**PATIENT SAFETY**

On Friday 6th February, there will be scaffolders on site at the rear of the property. For any patient who may use the accessible entrance on the basement level, please bear this in mind. There will still be access to the Practice but please exercise caution of overhead works.

There is likely to be some noise disruption throughout the day but this will be kept to a minimum.

Thank you.

02/02/2026

**PATIENT INFORMATION**

Those of you who may have visited the Practice in recent months may have noticed our exit door has been out of action for a wee while. We have finally managed to get this repaired and this door will be operational again as of today.

The exit door was previously operated with a push-pad system however this has been uninstalled and replaced with a traditional door hinge. Patients and attendees of the Practice will therefore need to manually pull the doors open moving forward.

This change may take a bit of getting used to, so we've put posters up to remind you of this change, but we would be grateful for you using the one-way system moving forward.