The Pharmacy
Practices Committee met
on the 24th Feb and we now have a the decision that:
The
Neighbourhood defined under the regulations are as proposed by the
applicant - namely the village of Dounby, which by our estimation has a
population of roughly 550
The
adequacy of pharmaceutical services in the neighbourhood was deemed to
be inadequate, as a dispensing service within the surgery, does not constitute a pharmaceutical service.
Nevertheless,
it was felt to be neither necessary or desirable to locate a pharmacy
in the neighbourhood and doubts were expressed about its likely
viability.
A copy of the minutes can be accessed by clicking on the link.
An appeal has been lodged with the National Appeal Panel
and there is to be a hearing on 24th August, though the location of the
hearing is as yet unknown. Nor do we know any detail about the
proceedings. Meanwhile, the uncertainty continues to cause stress for everyone working at the surgery.
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 old surgery
mailbox, so as a temporary fix a new mailbox has been set up
- dounbysurgery@gmail.com