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The practice is situated in the small village of Dounby in a purpose built surgery. We have around 2300 patients scattered over a large part of the Orkney West Mainland.  (Click the link to see the Practice Area)

Practice News
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A pharmacy company, Norsepharm, has applied to open a pharmacy across the road from the surgery. If  this application is successful we will have to stop dispensing to all our patients and the Practice will immediately lose 60% of its funding.This will have a catastrophic effect on the viability of the practice, reducing the numbers of doctors, nurses and other ancillary staff and severely curtailing the services we are able to offer. Norsepharm comprises a Shetland pharmacist - Alex Johnston, an Orkney pharmacist - Torquil Clyde and his wife Beccy May, though we understand that WHB Sutherland Ltd, the local firm Mr Clyde is normally associated with, are not a party to this.

We now understand that it is likely to be well into the summer before a Pharmacy Practices Committee is convened by NHS Orkney. This is the body which decides whether the application should be approved and you can see by clicking on the link above, that the regulations governing it are weighted in favour of the applicant and do not allow direct representation by our Practice or its patients.

A statement by the Norsepharm directors with misleading information concerning the likely impact on the surgery was published in the Orcadian, comparing our situation with that of a salaried practice in Skye.
A letter from us, correcting this has been published and a copy can be found by clicking on this link Orcadian Letter

march.jpgA patient focus group has been set up, called SOS Dounby. The names of the people on this group and other information can be found by clicking the link above and they can be contacted at  sosdounby@gmail.com

Over 100 people took part in a march from the Kirkwall Pier
basin to Main street.  Footage of the report by David Hartley for STVs North Tonight can be viewed by clicking on the image above.

We have had several reports that people are not able access the surgery mailbox,  so as a temporary fix a new mailbox has been set up - dounbysurgery@gmail.com

You can help us by writing or emailing to express your views to:

NHS Orkney Board,
Primary Care Manager: Michelle Manzie michelle.manzie@nhs.net and Interim Chief Executive: David Pigott david.pigott@nhs.net, at  Balfour Hospital, New Scapa Road, Kirkwall, Orkney KW15 1BH
Also to: our MSP and MP
Liam McArthur, MSP liam.mcarthur.msp@scottish.parliament.uk and
Alistair Carmichael, MP
carmichaela@parliament.uk, both at 31 Broad Street, Kirkwall, Orkney KW15 1DH


THE TEAM: There is a small friendly team at the surgery.

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Doctors:   Bob Hazlehurst  Elspeth Logan and Mimi Thomas
Practice Manager Ony Tullock
Dispensary Manager Lorraine Cormack.
Receptionist/Dispensers Moira Atkinson, Sheila Wylie, Angela Hay, Sue Warton, Alison Grieve and Heather Croft
Practice Nurses Michelle Hill and Karen Leask
Cleaner Marion Richards
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