Out of hours phone 01806503277 In the event on an emergency Phone 999 For Dental Emergencies phone 01806522461

Medical student or visiting registrar?
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Welcome to the website for the Hillswick Health Centre.

The practice area covers the northernmost part of the Shetland Mainland, Northmavine, which is perhaps the most scenic area of Shetland.

The surgery provides medical care to roughly 750 people throughout Northmavine, including Ollaberry, North Roe, Sullom, Eshaness and Hillswick itself.
It is an established training practice for medical students. It is a dispensing practice with a fully-equipped small dispensary.

If you are a patient or a tourist, a medical student or simply interested in what happens at the surgery, please browse this site using the panel on the left to find out when we're open, how to contact the doctors and available facilities.

The principal GP in the practice is Dr Susan Bowie, who has worked at Hillswick since 1988, and in Shetland since 1984. There is a full additional team including Practice Nurses Jeanette Spall, Jennifer Laws and Jackie Manson, reception, secretarial, and dispensing staff, Maisie Thompson, Frances Williamson, Kelly Robertson Julie Peterson and Amelia Dowle. Health Visitor and District Nurses based at Brae provide district nursing cover. We have a midwife, Patricia Williamson also attached to the surgery. Visting practitioners used to provide on-site physiotherapy, and chiropody, Maybe when the HB gets more money we will get them back. We still have counselling from Lawrence Sutherland , thankfuly, and at the moment we don't have a visiting psychiatrist.

For all enquiries and out of hour emergencies phone 01806 503 277

Measles and whooping cough are back in Shetland
Its never too late to immunise

NEW 2013/2014 Patient Experience Survey

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Practice leaflet

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Practice Charter

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Chronicles of Beth. What is it really like to aquire dual sensory loss, and have to wake up to a complete change in lifestyle.

Hillswick Surgery News

Comings and goings...sadly Alistair Convery has left due to illness, and we are again looking for an associate GP. So if you know someone who knows someone, who might be interested ...!
Occasionally, to help me keep going , the phone may be through to NHS 24

I would be very grateful if you would consider supporting the Save Our Surgeries Campaign. Never has recruitment been worse, or small practices more under threat

I am sad to be losing Sean who is moving on to be closer to family south. He has been a tremendous colleague to work with and Im sure his patients are going to really miss him. Good luck for the future Sean

We are very sorry to have lost Caroline who has retired.We wish her well in her new endeavour! We are happy however to welcome jackie Manson our new practice nurse who is a lovely addition to our team.

Dr Bowie has been off sick for surgery, but will be back on and off soon. Just occasinally to give Dr Stansfield some time off the phone may be through to NHS 24.

Health promotion has prepared a page on their website about access to Voluntary secotr counsellig, as the access to counselling we had previously has been cut back.
http://www.shetland-communities.org.uk/subsites/hit/counselling-service.htm

Whooping cough is still about, and there has been an awful flu and Noravirus. This is putting strain on most practices, care centres and the hospital. Please wash you hands to help prevent the spread and use hand gels if you can.

Dr Bowie has been ill but is getting better. Very occasionally for this month only we will be using NHS 24 as she comes back to full workload.

WHOOPING COUGH
and Measles are back in Shetland.It is never too late to be immunised if you have reconsidered vaccinating and protecting your child, and protecting young babies in our community too.

The Better Together Survey results are out, and although we did very well , we will take comments on board where we can do better.

We are delighted to be welcoming Sean Stansfield, our new doctor to our team in April.

Blue Badge application Forms have changed. Please look at the blue badge form on this webpage, and Q and A here.

A huge thank you to the big bannock for the generous donation of £1500, which will pay for a new ECG machine to take out on emergencies, and also some new nebulisers to lend to patients who need them.
Thanks you!

FLU INJECTIONS are NOW IN.

We are very sorry to be losing Stacey who will be moving on in April 2012.

Information on the Blue badge scheme.The rules have changed.If you think you may qualify for one please look here

Thank you to the volunteers who helped weed our garden. A trowel has been left for anyone who wants to weed while you wait!

There has been an upsurge in Measles in UK as well as the huge increase in France. It is never to late to immunise with the MMR

Swine Flu incidence is low accross the country but is again increasing. Make sure you have an up to date flu booster for this year.