We're an established General Practice, located in the Musselburgh Primary Care Centre. Our dedicated, 40-strong team of doctors, nurses, other health professionals and admin staff continually strive to provide excellent healthcare, meeting the needs of each individual patient. We're committed to innovation, and developing our service to meet these goals.
Call from 8am: to book a same-day GP or CWIC appointment, including medication reviews. If appointments for the day are fully booked but you have a health problem which you think can't wait, please hold and we'll answer your call as quickly as possible. Our triage nurses may be able assess you. Call after 10am: for admin queries and to book blood tests, blood pressure checks, smear tests, and chronic disease checks for people whose condition isn't well controlled.
Did you know that HPV causes 99% of cervical cancers? For more info visit NHS Inform & call us after 10am to book a test, if you're due or overdue.
Call from 8am: to book a same-day GP or CWIC appointment, including medication reviews. If appointments for the day are fully booked but you have a health problem which you think can't wait, please hold and we'll answer your call as quickly as possible. Our triage nurses may be able assess you. Call after 10am: for admin queries and to book blood tests, blood pressure checks, smear tests, and chronic disease checks for people whose condition isn't well controlled.
Did you know that HPV causes 99% of cervical cancers? For more info visit NHS Inform & call us after 10am to book a test, if you're due or overdue.
Services
We're a long-established medical practice in Musselburgh.
We're continually innovating and expanding our practice, so we can provide excellent healthcare that meets the needs of each individual patient.
We work in partnership with NHS Scotland to deliver the health services our community needs.
Like almost every GP surgery in the UK, we're an independent organisation that's contracted to provide NHS services.
We're also a training practice: every year we host a number of trainee GPs, so we can support new GPs to enter the NHS and to serve our community.
We're continually innovating and expanding our practice, so we can provide excellent healthcare that meets the needs of each individual patient.
We work in partnership with NHS Scotland to deliver the health services our community needs.
Like almost every GP surgery in the UK, we're an independent organisation that's contracted to provide NHS services.
We're also a training practice: every year we host a number of trainee GPs, so we can support new GPs to enter the NHS and to serve our community.
For GP appointments: please call from 8am Monday-Friday on 0300 790 6266 - we're currently running a same-day service for GP and CWIC team appointments and these tend to be fully booked by mid-morning each day.
For nurse appointments or for blood tests: please call 0300 790 6266 after 10am - these can be booked around 8-10 weeks in advance.
Once you enter the queue please stay on hold: at our busiest times it may take a long time to get through but we'll answer your call as quickly as we can.
Our receptionists will ask you the reason for your call and book you an appointment with the most appropriate healthcare professional.
For nurse appointments or for blood tests: please call 0300 790 6266 after 10am - these can be booked around 8-10 weeks in advance.
Once you enter the queue please stay on hold: at our busiest times it may take a long time to get through but we'll answer your call as quickly as we can.
Our receptionists will ask you the reason for your call and book you an appointment with the most appropriate healthcare professional.
If you've had blood tests, X-rays or other tests organised here at the Practice, always call us to check your results.
Most tests take about a week to come back with a result and for the doctor to review them, although a few take two weeks or longer.
Please call after 10am or at a quieter time such as the afternoon.
Test results will only be released to the patient, unless we have their consent to release the results to someone else.
While it's the patient's responsibility to call to check test results, if we need to speak to you urgently we'll make every effort to get in contact with you to discuss them.
Most tests take about a week to come back with a result and for the doctor to review them, although a few take two weeks or longer.
Please call after 10am or at a quieter time such as the afternoon.
Test results will only be released to the patient, unless we have their consent to release the results to someone else.
While it's the patient's responsibility to call to check test results, if we need to speak to you urgently we'll make every effort to get in contact with you to discuss them.
We can only accept urine samples that have been requested by a clinician - that could be one of the doctors or nurses here at the Practice, or by another healthcare professional working somewhere else.
Please ask one of our Reception team for the form.
Urine samples must be brought by 3pm, as samples are collected and taken to the laboratory at this time.
Please then allow up to a week for the test result to come back and to be reviewed by a doctor, before contacting us to ask about the results.
Please ask one of our Reception team for the form.
Urine samples must be brought by 3pm, as samples are collected and taken to the laboratory at this time.
Please then allow up to a week for the test result to come back and to be reviewed by a doctor, before contacting us to ask about the results.
Allocating these set times mean we can have extra staff in reception at these times only, which allows the most people possible to be upstairs in the call room answering patient phone calls at other times.
Please note that we can't book GP appointments at the front desk, please call us to book an appointment.
However if you need an appointment with a nurse or a blood test, please ask our Reception team.
Please note that we can't book GP appointments at the front desk, please call us to book an appointment.
However if you need an appointment with a nurse or a blood test, please ask our Reception team.
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