If your child has missed their appointment, for nasal flu please feel free to attend any of the following clinics, it is important that you bring your child’s original appointment letter with you
24.10.2022 Woodburn Miners Club 1pm-4pm
26.10.2022 Loanhead Library 1pm – 4pm
28.10.2022 Loanhead Library 1pm – 3pm
These are our last remaining clinics so please attend
If you have any queries relating to your arranged appointment, please call 07773 745 315
Scotland’s winter vaccination programme is now underway, with frontline health and social care workers and those aged 65 and over among the first to be invited for their COVID–19 and flu vaccines.
A new campaign aimed at all groups eligible for vaccination will launch soon, but in the meantime, your support in reaching those currently being called forward would be greatly appreciated.
You can find out more about the 3 groups covered (Children 2-5, School Children and Patients at high risk or over 65) by using the links below.
From now on, GP practices will not administer the Flu jab. Across Scotland, Health and Social Care Partnerships are taking on this role in line with the GP Contract agreed by BMA Scotland on behalf of Scottish GPs. This change has been agreed to relieve pressure on GP practices. As a result your local practice will not offer any flu vaccinations or handle any booking queries for people in eligible groups.
Instead, the flu vaccine will be delivered by the four Health and Social Care Partnerships in Lothian – East Lothian; Midlothian; Edinburgh and West Lothian.
If you require further information or you need to rearrange your appointment, please contact the helpline on your appointment invitation or the local enquiry line on 0300 790 6296.
Please do not contact your GP.
You can find out more on the websites of the Health and Social Care Partnerships or on NHS Inform”
NHS Lothian are looking to make Covid vaccinations as accessible as possible to all eligible populations. Drop in clinics are now available at all vaccination centres in Lothian for people over 16, no appointment is necessary, and they can deliver both first and second dose (if over 8 weeks). All 3 vaccines will be made available.
You do not need to be registered with a GP, more clinics are being added all the time so please keep up to date by using NHS Inform.
In Midlothian, there are two Vaccination Centres:
| Venue | Address | Opening Times |
| Gorebridge Vaccination Centre | Hunterfield Road, Gorebridge, EH23 4TX | Monday to Sunday
08:00-19:00 |
| Midlothian Community Hospital | Eskbank Road, Bonnyrigg, Dalkeith, EH22 3ND | Monday to Friday
08:30-12:15, |
We would like to reassure patients that the proposed extraction of GP data by NHS Digital does NOT include patients registered with this practice or in NHS Scotland. NHS Digital provides services in England so are not able to access any data held in Scotland, You are not required to opt out as your data is already safe. We take patients confidentiality extremely seriously and safeguards and in place to protect this, including when data is used for research.
Further information on how NHS Scotland handles your personal information is on the NHS inform Website and can be found here:
The Scottish Government is working to support the re-opening of international travel once it is safe to do so. We are working with the other UK Nations and with the World Health Organisation to agree on potential future COVID certification requirements for international travel.
As part of this, a technical solution is being developed that could allow people to access their Covid vaccination status directly
(Midlothian Young People’s Advice Service)
The Digital Drop-In will run 5 days per week, Monday to Friday between 3:30 and 5:30pm , starting from the 11th Jan 2021.
It is available for young people aged 12-21 in Midlothian and East Lothian. To speak online to a worker you can go to the website and click on the “Chat” button. You can visit the site by using the link below:
Like every year, the practice will be OPEN over the Christmas Period except for the Scottish national bank holidays.
eConsult will be available for self care advice over the Christmas period from Friday 24th December at noon until midnight on the Monday 4th January. During that time, If you have an urgent medical problem that cannot wait until Monday 4th January then you can phone the practice.
Wishing every one the best possible Christmas, Newbattle Medical Practice
If your child is aged two to five years old and has not yet started school then you should book and appointment with the Childhood Immunisation Team. You can do so by telephoning 07766 922 751.
You can phone between 0am and 12 noon from the 16th September to the 27th November.
We are sorry but appointments cannot be booked at the practice.
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