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