NEW SERVICE: COMMUNITY LINK WORKERS A Community Link Worker is a professional who will help 
 support your health and wellbeing through talking to you to identify worries and concerns. They are not a counsellor but will listen to you and help you access support and services which can make a difference to your life. This is called social prescribing.
Welcome to Canisbay and Castletown Group Practice!
HELP US TO HELP YOU Please request repeat prescriptions appropriately, requesting only the items you need, attend for appointments in good time or cancel if no longer required, request home visits before 10.00 am if possible and only if you are too ill to attend the surgery. It is our aim to provide you with the highest standard of healthcare. We believe that this can only be achieved by working together in partnership with our patients.
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ACCESS FOR PATIENTS WITH DISABILITIES Our premises are fully accessible for wheelchair users and toilet facilities with access for a wheelchair are provided.
We hope you will find our website a source of useful information about the services we offer. Please use the links to the left to find the information required. We aim to improve the accessibility of information to all our patients. If you have any comments or suggestions regarding the website, please let us know!mailto:lyn.morrison1@nhs.net?subject=Website%20Comments/Suggestionsshapeimage_14_link_0
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PUBLIC HOLIDAY CLOSURES Both surgeries will be closed on the following dates: Friday, 15 October 2021 Monday, 27 December 2021 Tuesday, 28 December 2021 Monday, 3 January 2022 Tuesday, 4 January 2022 Out with these hours, the Practice will be operating normal working hours. *Please note subject to covid 19 changes or restrictions
 Please ensure that you order sufficient medication  
UPDATE TO DISPENSARY HOURS DURING COVID-19 OUTBREAK Please visit our Dispensary page to see the current opening hours at this time. Note: from 5th January 2021, repeat medication will return to a 4 week supply. 
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PATIENT NOTICES - Failure to turn up for an appointment - what does it mean for you? - Text reminder service FIND OUT MORE... Patient_Notices.htmlshapeimage_19_link_0
FIRST CONTACT PHYSIOTHERAPIST Did you know? You can book an appointment for the First Contact Physiotherapist without seeing the doctor first! Just call reception to arrange a time for the clinic held every Thursday at Castletown Surgery. The First Contact Physiotherapist can help with shoulder, neck, back, wrist, hip, hand, elbow, knee, ankle and foot pain including sprains or pain on walking. Find out more in the Patient leaflet here or view the full range of services here!https://www.dropbox.com/s/kxsprktpu2ra86w/FCP%20patient%20information%20leaflet%20060521.pdf?dl=0https://www.dropbox.com/s/1cby16bk3uls0aq/FCP%20Poster.pdf?dl=0shapeimage_25_link_0shapeimage_25_link_1
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 Vaccination Status You can obtain a copy of 
 your vaccination status by: visiting the NHS Inform website. Select ‘Request a Copy of your Vaccination Status’ or calling the freephone COVID status helpline on 0808 196 8565https://www.nhsinform.scot/covid-19-vaccine/after-your-vaccine/get-a-record-of-your-coronavirus-covid-19-vaccination-status#:~:text=You%20can%20also%20get%20a,to%20arrive%20before%20you%20travel.shapeimage_26_link_0

Dear Patients


Sometimes doctors have to take the advice they would be giving out to patients, and I have found myself in this position recently, realising I need to be looking after my mental and physical health. I have therefore brought my retirement forward just a few months and do not expect to be returning to work before then.  I am sorry that this means I will not be able to follow up patients whom I have asked to come to see me for follow up and I would ask those patients to make a telephone appointment with one of my GP colleagues or the Practice Nurse. If I have asked you to get in touch after a period of time to let me know how you are getting on there will have been a reason for that, so please do make that contact. 


It has been a huge privilege to live and work in this community for 23 years - I feel fortunate to have worked with such lovely patients who have been so supportive to the Practice.  I'd like to wish all of you and your families all the best for the future. 


Best Wishes 

Dr Wilma Macleod

Patient Announcement