Welcome to Templehill Surgery Online

At Templehill surgery the doctors, nurses & staff take pride in offering the highest standard of patient-centred healthcare. We run many clinics for chronic disease care and offer a wide variety of other medical services such as antenatal and postnatal care,family planning services, minor surgery and childhood vaccinations.

In addition to everything you need to know about the practice you will also find a wealth of health-related information in the menu on the right hand side. Please have a look around and do send us some feedback if you like.

Practice Closed Friday 3rd June

The Practice will be closed on Friday 3rd June for the Platinum Jubilee Holiday.  If you feel acutely unwell during the period we are closed and cannot wait until we re-open you can still get advice from NHS 24 on 111 or www.nhsinform.scot

Carers Week 2022 – Virtual Holistic Therapy Taster Sessions for Carers

The Community Wellbeing Hub is offering a virtual holistic therapy taster session to all our Adult and Young Carers in South Ayrshire.

The sessions take place via Zoom on Monday 6^th (Adult Carers) and Tuesday 7^th June (Young Carers) and last for 90 minutes at 6pm. This will include three taster sessions of mindfulness, yoga and meditation.

Carers can book their space by emailing carers@south-ayrshire.gov.uk

Dementia Awareness Week Monday 30th May - Sunday 5th June

The aim of the week is to raise awareness of dementia and help improve the lives of people with dementia, their families and carers.  This year's theme "Let's prevent, care, cure dementia altogether".

Dementia Helpline - Call - 0808 808 3000

The Micah Project

Help Us to Help Ukraine

The Micah Project is taking donations of unused medical supplies such as dressing packs, swabs catheters and bandages to Ukraine.  If you have anything you wish to donate please hand it in to reception. 

Click here for more information: The Micah Project

Healthy Working Lives

Click here Healthy Working Lives Summer Newsletter for a number of upcoming health opportunities your workplace may wish to participate in over the next two months.

Health and Wellbeing Programmes at Dumfries House

For more information on the current Wellbeing Programes at the Health and Wellbeing Centre at Dumfries House please click here:  Health and Wellbeing Programmes

Ayrshire Bairns

Are you a parent/carer of an under 5?  Looking for up to date health information to support your child growing up?  The NHS Ayrshire and Arran Ayrshire Bairns App is the answer. 

Click here for more information: Ayrshire Bairns

Important Information Regarding the Coronavirus click the link below

Coronavirus Information and Symptoms

COVID-19 VACCINATION INFORMATION 

Spring Booster Vaccinations for Covid-19 

The Practice is not involved in the Spring Booster Vaccination Programme.  Eligible patients will receive a letter to attend a Mass Vaccination Centre.

We strongly encourage everyone to take up their invite.

Patients can contact 0800 030 8013 or go to www.nhsinform.scot/covid-19-vaccine for more information

For more information about the Covid-19 Vaccine please see Covid-19 Vaccine Information Leaflet

Covid Vaccination Exemption Certificates

Important Notice

GPs and their teams cannot issue vaccination certificates.

Further information on the vaccine exemption certificate scheme, including information on safe vaccination and routes to obtain an exemption can be found on the Scottish Government and NHS Inform websites.

Alternatively you can phone the free NHS Covid Helpline on:

0808 196 8565

Coronovirus Vaccination Certificate

You can now request a record of your Coronavirus Vaccination Status.  If you are planning to travel abroad some countries may require this for entry.

Please see the link below to the Scottish Government website for information on how patients can access their vaccination status WITHOUT the need to contact their GP.

https://www.gov.scot/news/covid-19-vaccination-status-scheme-launches/

Patients will be able to access the their Covid-19 vaccination status online by logging onto

www.nhsinform.scot/covid19status

For those patients unable to access the information online they can call the Freephone Covid Status Helpline. Your vaccination certificate will be sent out to you by post.

Freephone number - 0808 196 8565

Facemask Exemption Information for Travel

Please do not contact your GP Practice to ask for face covering exemption letters as this is not something that your GP can provide.

As per Scottish Government guidelines exemption certificates are not required, however should you need this for travel purposes for any Airline you can request a free face covering exemption card by phoning 0800 121 6240 or through the NHS Scotland http://exempt.scot/ http://exempt.scot/