WHB Sutherland Pharmacy - Stromness

31/12/2025

Stromness Bonanza winers!

30/12/2025

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30/12/2025

As the log pull passes tomorrow we will lock the door for safety, normal service will resume after it has passed.
Please ensure cars are not parked in the street (also ahead of the tractor run tonight)
Thanks

Not long now until the Hogmanay 2025 Yule Log Pull!

The Junior Log Pull will start from the Pierhead at 2:30pm.

For the Southenders, any juniors wishing to take part please assemble at the Stromness Community Centre from 1:30pm onwards.

For the Northenders, any juniors wishing to take part please assemble at the upstairs of the Stromness Royal British Legion from 1:30 onwards.

The Senior Log Pull will start from the Pierhead at 4:00pm.

Anyone wishing to take part please assemble at the Royal Hotel by 3:15pm for the Southenders and the Stromness Royal British Legion by 3:15pm for the Northenders.

There will be soup and sandwiches available at the Eventide Club, organised by the Stromness RNLI - Ladies Guild. There will also be takeaway food available and many of our shops will be open through the street.

The event will finish after the end of the Senior Log Pull and photos have been taken with the winning team. We also hope to have the winners of the Stromness Bonanza ready to announce before the end. There will be no Fireworks this year.

We want everyone to come along and have a great day. However, your safety whilst attending the Yule Log Pull is our priority. As such, please read the attached document outlining information for spectators.

The Yule Log Committee would like to thank Green Marine UK for allowing us to store the log throughout the year and for performing the annual safety tests on the log.

The Yule Log Committee would also like to thank Cooke Scotland and Thistle Wind Partners for providing funding towards the 2025 event.

On behalf of the Stromness Community Development Trust and Yule Log Committee, we look forward to a competitive but fun day for the town. We hope you can all come along to support this community event. Let's hope the weather stays nice! 🤞

26/12/2025

24/12/2025

We would like to say thank you for all the lovely gifts and cards we’ve received during this very busy December, they’ve kept us going! Also a special thanks to our local chef who brings us cakes all throughout the year as well 🧁
We reopen on Saturday 27th 9am-2pm.
Wishing all of our customers a very merry Christmas!

23/12/2025

Our opening times over the festive season. We are closed Christmas day, Boxing Day and 1-2 January. Open as normal all other days.
Merry Christmas to all our customers and colleagues!

12/12/2025

Phone calls -
This is our busiest time of year and the elves are up to their eyes in prescriptions. Today they are finding that they are having to stop work to answer the phone rather a lot.
*** Please avoid calling to see if your prescription is ready ***
Your prescription will be ready 4 days after your request- no need to phone to check, or you will receive a text when it is ready to collect if you are signed up for our text service. If you’d like to register for that please EMAIL ork.whbsutherlandstromness@nhs.scot
We are only closed for 1.5 days over Christmas, there is no need to panic.

We also have no NO STOCK of flu vaccines currently so are unable to make appointments. We will post on Facebook when these are available again - please do not call until then
Thank you for your cooperation 🎅🏼

27/11/2025

It's definitely beginning to feel a lot like Christmas...well, it is in Stromness anyway 🤩 🎄

The town has two trees this year, including this stunning Christmas Creel Tree from RNLI Stromness Lifeboat and Stromness RNLI - Ladies Guild 🦀

It's all aimed at showing appreciation to lifeboat crews past and present, and anyone who works at sea. The perfect festive message from this old maritime town ⚓

24/11/2025

An important message from Skerryvore - we only close for 1 and a half days over Christmas and again at New Year. There is no need to order extra medication for Christmas. Please only order your medication when it is needed

❄️🎄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.

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23/11/2025

It’s mulled wine Sunday and we are open 12-3pm. 🎄Come and start your Christmas shopping and enjoy a glass of wine whilst you browse. Double bonanza numbers today so 2 chances to win £1000 for every £5 spent!

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.

18/11/2025

We have a few flu vaccine appointments left tomorrow. Call 01856 850338 to book

** We are running another flu vaccination clinic in the pharmacy on Wednesday 19th November for patients who are not eligible for free vaccines from the NHS. The vaccine will cost £20. Please call us on 01856 850338 to make an appointment **