The practice list is currently closed and we are unable to take on new patients.

This is due to a combination of factors including exceptional demand for new patient registrations, particularly in areas with high population growth.

To ensure the practice can safely manage services for patients and staff it is temporarily closing registration to new patients.

• If you are struggling to register with a practice, please email the NHS Lothian Primary Care Team: loth.primarycareenquiries@nhslothian.scot.nhs.uk. They can offer you advice, and if necessary, assign you to a practice to ensure you have access to GP services.
• For urgent care and minor injuries please call NHS 24 on 111 anytime day or night. They can refer you to the right service and allocate you an appointment if appropriate.
• If you have a pre-school child then please contact the Health Visiting team on 0131 537 4445.

Please also remember that your local pharmacy can often help with a wide range of minor illnesses and medication without the need for an appointment.

It is with deep regret that the South Queensferry Medical Practice has been forced to close the list for new patient registration as of the 1^st of June 2024.

As you will be aware South Queensferry has seen a huge expansion of new build housing with further housing committed in future. We take huge pride in providing a very high standard of care and medical service to our patients and first voiced our concerns with regards to the new build expansion around the locality in 2019. We have had numerous conversations with local authorities over recent years about this, but as yet our practice has seen no additional investment or funding in Primary Care to meet the new demands of this population increase.

The upsurge in demand has put unrelenting pressure on our staff resulting in us, at times, seeing more than 3 x the number of patients than recommended as a safe working level by the British Medical Association.

To protect our registered patients against an erosion of their level of GP care and to safeguard our practice team from unacceptable pressures, we have made the decision to close our list for new patient registration.

We will accept new additions to families already registered with the practice but otherwise any new patients to the area will need register with another surgery. The best way to get information about these registrations would be to email the NHS Lothian Primary Care Team - loth.primarycareenquiries@nhslothian.scot.nhs.uk. They can offer you advice, and if necessary, assign you to a practice to ensure you have access to GP services.

For urgent care and minor injuries please call NHS 24 on 111 anytime day or night. They can refer you to the right service and allocate you an appointment if appropriate.

We hope you will continue to support us in our quest to provide this level of service to the area without compromising the health and wellbeing of our staff or the standard of care that we should be proud of in our NHS. 

We would welcome patients making their own approaches to the local political representatives and council about the Primary care funding provision for our area to meet the demand of our population expansion from the current new build scheme.