Skerryvore Practice

24/12/2025

📢 A Reminder to Our Patients

Unfortunately, our staff are experiencing rude and abusive behaviour.

Please remember that our team are here to help and they work hard to support you. We kindly ask that you treat them with respect. This type of behaviour will not be tolerated.

Thank you for your understanding and cooperation.

23/12/2025

Did you come in recently with this toy tractor and leave without it? It is at our reception.

10/12/2025

We are short staffed in our office today.

If you wish to request an urgent on the day review, please do so by going to our website https://www.skerryvorepractice.co.uk/ and clicking the teal coloured box half way down. Once you have filled in the form it goes straight to a GP for clinical review.

If you have a routine query we would be grateful if you could phone after 10am.

Thank you for your understanding.

25/11/2025

We have been made aware of a scheme that offers free period products for Orkney residents.

These products arrive in the post and are being distributed by Hey Girls on behalf of Orkney Islands Council as part of the ongoing commitment to tackle period poverty and ensure no one has to go without essential items. These products are available to Orkney residents only.

I've attached screenshots of the form but it can be found at the link here:

https://my.orkney.gov.uk/en/AchieveForms/?form_uri=sandbox-publish://AF-Process-b052dcf8-8729-41f7-ba8c-1604ca05b923/AF-Stage-d103ebc9-06f2-40e7-80d8-0342ebd14e93/definition.json&redirectlink=%2Fen&cancelRedirectLink=%2Fen&accept=yes&consentMessageIds[]=14&accept=yes&consentMessageIds[]=24&accept=yes&consentMessageIds[]=24

24/11/2025

❄️🎄Christmas and New Year opening times. 🎄❄️

There is no need to be concerned about the supply of medication over the festive period. Please request your medication as normal when it is due as the pharmacies needs to be able to manage stock levels appropriately. Thank you for your understanding.

WHB Sutherland Ltd Kirkwall
WHB Sutherland Pharmacy - Stromness

21/11/2025

There was a bit on the news this morning about the NHS “TRANSFORM” trial, which is looking at new ways to improve early detection of prostate cancer.

A quick reminder: our practice already offers PSA testing if you’re aged 50+, or if you're 45+ with a family history of prostate cancer or are black.

Please visit this page of our website and go to the 'PSA testing' tab or get in contact with our reception team for more information.

https://www.skerryvorepractice.co.uk/page1.aspx?p=1&pr=ORKNEY02

20/11/2025

We would be grateful if patients would take a moment to cancel their appointment if they don’t need it. This helps reduce waiting times for everyone and makes the best use of our clinicians consulting time.

In the same 4 week period we received 1052 requests for an on the day review from patients who felt unable to wait for our next routine appointments which are currently 3 weeks away.

If you no longer need your appointment, please let us know as soon as possible, even if it’s last minute. We can almost always fill the space.

19/11/2025

A fun admin job this morning!

Diane, one of our fabulous Health Care Assistants got married yesterday and will be coming back to us after her honeymoon as Mrs Petrie. ❤️

14/11/2025

Important information below from our colleagues at The Balfour pharmacy.

Reducing Medicine Waste

Over the coming weeks we will be sharing ways that you can help us reduce medicine waste.

Unused medicines cost the NHS an estimated £300m per year, and approximately 1 in 10 medicines in Scotland are wasted. Medicine waste can also be harmful to the environment and wildlife.

Medicines can go to waste when they expire, are damaged or are no longer required for treatment. It is important that you safely dispose of any unused medicines.

You should take all unused medicines to a community pharmacy for safe disposal. This includes tablets, eye drops, inhalers, creams, liquids, patches, sprays and any other forms of medication. You can also take medication that you have bought, regardless of where you purchased them from. As a reminder, never share your medicines with other people, and do not dispose of them in the toilet or household bin.

11/11/2025

We have fewer staff than usual in the office over the next few weeks.

If you need an on the day review, please complete the online request form on the home page of our website; (www.skerryvorepractice.co.uk) this goes straight to the GPs.

If you phone the practice for an on the day review, our office staff will encourage you to use the form if possible. Otherwise, they will complete the same form with you over the phone.

For any non-urgent queries, please call after 9.30am if you can.

Thank you for your understanding and cooperation.

03/11/2025

You may have spotted Scott, a previous ScotGEM student, featured in The Orcadian this week. It was a pleasure to support him during this project, and we are so pleased to see his fantastic work getting the recognition it deserves.

31/10/2025

We’re asking any patients who have had one of our practice blood pressure machines for more than two weeks to please return it as soon as possible. We currently have 10 machines that have been out for months, this is creating a waiting list for others who need to borrow one.