Please head to our “New Patient Registration Page” to check whether your address is within our catchment area. You can complete your Registration Form online or please pop into the surgery to collect one.
WEIGHT LOSS INJECTIONS update November 2024
We have received a high volume of queries regarding prescribing of weight loss injections such as Wegovy and Mounjaro following the published approval by National Institute for Clinical Excellence and Scottish Medicines Consortium. However the funding for this has not yet been agreed either centrally by Scottish Government or locally by any Health Board in Scotland and therefore GPs are not in a position to prescribe these medications. We have also been advised by NHS Lothian against referring to the Lothian Weight Management Service specifically for Weight loss injections at this time. We will update this section once we have received approved guidance regarding this. Please do not make an appointment to discuss this any further as we will not be able to take this forward.
NIDDRIE MEDICAL PRACTICE
The practice is host not just to GPs, Nurses and a Health Care Assistant but to a wider array of healthcare and support workers who are here to try to allow us to support you in as many ways possible to improve and maintain your health. The team includes; Mental Health Nurse, Citizens Advice Team, (trainee) Cognitive Behaviour Therapists, Pharmacist.
Find out Your Usual GP’s Working Days to help ensure continuity of care – having continuity of care and support has a considerable impact on a person’s wellbeing and quality of life
Our Team – Niddrie Medical Practice (niddriegp.co.uk)
Your Local Pharmacy
You do not always need to see a GP or a Nurse. Pharmacists now provide a consultation service and are often happy to deal with minor complaints. You can safely treat a number of problems yourself by accessing Scottish health information you can trust | NHS inform for information and the latest advice.
Your local Pharmacies are able to see, treat and prescribe for the following conditions:-
| Boots – UTI’s (women 16-64) * Earache * Sore Throat * Impetigo * Shingles * Sinusitis * Bites and Stings * Back ache, sprains and strains * Colds * Conjunctivitis, * Constipation * Cough * Diarrhoea * Haemorrhoids * Hay Fever * Head Lice, * Headache and fever * Heartburn and Indigestion * Mild Eczema and dermatitis, * Fungal skin infections * Mouth Ulcers * Nappy Rash * Teething * Threadworms * Thrush Lindsay & Gilmour – Acne * Allergies * Athletes Foot * Backache * Cold Sores * Constipation * Cystitis * Diarrhoea * Earache * Eczema * General Pain, Haemorrhoids * Hay Fever * Headache * Head Lice * Impetigo * Indigestion * Mouth Ulcers * Nasal Congestion * Period Pain * Thrush * Sore Throat, Threadworms * Warts and Verruca’s * Cough |
Flok – Digital Physio Self-Referral
Pain Concern Drop In
- Craigmillar Library Last Tuesday of the Month 11am-1pm – Free drinks
Drop In Mental Health Services
- Thrive Welcome Teams drop in.
- Tuesday 10-3.30pm at Craigmillar Medical Centre,106 Niddrie Mains Rd, Edinburgh EH16 4DT (reception will point you in the right direction)
- No appointment needed.
- For further information please ask one of the team or visit Thrive | North East Leith Cluster Resource Portal (nelcrp.co.uk)
Contraceptive Services
