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Dr Fraser Uytman is to move to a new post at the beginning of April and his last day with us in the Practice will be Wednesday 26th March 2014. Dr Uytman has been with the Practice since August 2008 when he commenced his GP “training” year with us. He will be very much missed [...]

The Winter 2013/14 issue of the Bruntsfield Medical Practice newsletter is now available to read online. Learn a little bit about the next phase of the Detect Cancer Early Campaign on lung cancer, make sure you know your OOHs contacts should you need medical help of advice over the holiday season, read about how we’re [...]

Bruntsfield Medical Practice will be closed all day over the forthcoming Christmas and New Year public holidays. In Scotland, that means four full days over the two week festive period: Wednesday 25th December Thursday 26th December Wednesday 1st January Thursday 2nd December The Practice will be open as usual 8am-6pm on the Monday, Tuesday and [...]

This year, Alcohol Awareness Week runs from 18-24 November 2013, and the Practice plans to focus on alcohol awareness for all patients attending the practice this week. If you have an appointment with a GP or Practice Nurse this week you will be given a questionnaire by the Reception team to fill out while you [...]

The Autumn 2013 issue of the Bruntsfield Medical Practice newsletter is now available to read online. Meet the new doctors who have joined the practice in the last couple of months, and learn about this years flu vaccination programme. We also mention a new vaccination available for patients aged 70 or 79, as well as [...]

Patients should be aware that there have been some cases of measles in the Edinburgh and West Lothian areas, and NHS Scotland is strongly advising that those in the 10-17 years age group follow the recent advice to have their full MMR course or a booster jag, as appropriate. Patients coming into contact with suspected [...]

In April 2011 we posted an article about a charity called Art in Healthcare. Art in Healthcare is a small national charity that was set up as Paintings in Hospitals Scotland in 1991 and became Art in Healthcare in 2005. They are particularly interested in how the promotion of health and wellbeing can be achieved [...]

We say a fond farewell to Practice Nurse Barbara Stark today, after eight years as a Practice Nurse at Bruntsfield Medical Practice, she sees her last patients on the afternoon of Friday 28th June. Barbara has been with the Practice since leaving Lanark in 2005 after a career that has seen her working in hospitals, [...]

The Summer 2013 issue of the Bruntsfield Medical Practice newsletter is now available to read online. There are a number of staffing changes happening in the Practice this summer, including the retiral of Practice Nurse Barbara Stark, who has been our nursing lead on respiratory matters since she started with the practice eight years ago. [...]

If you’re a regular user of our website, and especially if you ever send us information through any one of our forms, such as the Cancel Appointment form, or the Repeat Medication Request form, you will be interested to know that your browsing experience is now much more secure. This is because the Practice has [...]