Biggar Medical Practice

22/05/2026

Know where to turn this public holiday weekend

The Out of Hours service is for urgent medical issues when your GP practice is closed.

It is not for routine appointments, repeat prescriptions, test results, fit notes or ongoing issues that can wait until your GP practice reopens.

If you need urgent help and it cannot wait, call NHS 24 on 111. They will assess your symptoms and direct you to the most appropriate care.

For life-threatening emergencies, always call 999.

25/04/2026

GP practices will be closed on Monday 4 May for the public holiday.
Your local pharmacy may also be operating different opening hours than normal, so please plan ahead.
If you need a repeat prescription, make sure you order and collect it in plenty of time so you have enough medication to last over the holiday period.
Thank you for helping us make sure care is available for those who need it most.

09/04/2026

Please find attached a link to our website, that provides an update regarding current service levels at the practice.

Please find below details regarding current levels of service at the practice. Prescriptions The practice is still experiencing a backlog of prescription requests. This is following the move to the…

23/03/2026

Please find attached an update regarding service levels at the practice for this week.

The practice has continued to experience a particularly high uplift in calls. We apologise to our patients for the length of time it has taken to get through to a patient advisor particularly in the…

17/03/2026

Please find attached a link to our website, which provides an update on prescriptions and appointments following the integration of the new clinical system.

Clinical System progress update. Following the recent system update, the practice would like to provide patients with the following update. Demand for appointments and prescriptions exceeded plan on…

12/03/2026

The practice would like to thank all our patients for their support during the recent transition to our new clinical system. This has been a significant change for the practice, given that over a million pieces of patient data has had to be transferred, as well as the volume of training required for the team. To allow clinicians and advisors the time to use the system in a live environment, as well as for any initial technical issues, appointments have been reduced for this week. That means that routine GP and ANP appointments are currently curtailed, and we are prioritising those of an urgent nature at the moment. We have also been advised that an issue has been discovered with our patients ability to re-register for online patient services. This is being addressed by the IT teams and once rectified an update will be sent out as soon as possible. We would like to apologise to our patients for any inconvenience this has caused. Prescription requests can be made as normal via the website. An update will be provided on Friday 13th March as to appointment availability for week commencing the 16th March. Thank you.

13/02/2026

**IMPORTANT PATIENT NOTICE**

From Friday 6th to Wednesday 11th March 2026, inclusive - Patient Services at the Practice will be extremely limited.

This is to allow the health board to implement a new I.T system. During this period we will have no access to any computerised systems or patient records.

Please click on the following link for further information:

From Friday 6th to Wednesday 11th March 2026, inclusive – Patient Services at the Practice will be extremely limited. This is to allow the health board to implement a new I.T. system.

13/02/2026

The Practice notes the update from BEAR Scotland that works have been provisionally programmed for a 4 way traffic installation between Park Road and Station Road. This is due to start on Monday 16th February and last for 40 days. As travel delays are expected, the practice would like to advise patients to allow a little more journey time for their appointments. Thank you.

05/02/2026

Patient Information.

Co-codamol 30/500mg will become unavailable in the next few weeks due to a national shortage. We advise starting to gradually reduce by one daily tablet per week to avoid the side effects of stopping suddenly. Please click the following link which will take you to our website where official guidance is available.

https://www.biggarmedicalpractice.co.uk/national-shortage-of-co-codamol/

Alternatively, more information is also available at
www.nhslanarkshire.scot.nhs.uk/download/co/

Co-codamol 30/500mg will become unavailable in the next few weeks due to a national shortage. We advise patients to gradually reduce by one daily tablet per week to avoid side effects of stopping…

31/12/2025