Torphins

Medical Services in Torphins

Torphins is a single-handed, non-dispensing, General Practice serving the patients in the villages of Torphins, Lumphanan, Kincardine O'Neil and the surrounding area.

Today, the Torphins Medical Practice and Health & Resource Centre is situated on St. Marnan Rd site in Torphins. The Telephone number is 013398 82221

This building was the formerly the Parish of Kincardine O'Neil Memorial Hospital, which was closed in 2003.

A map of the location is available here.

Did you know that, with reference to the figures supplied by the medical practice, in 20007/ 2008 Torphins has a low 6% of the patients smoked, compared to 19% for Grampian average, or that the list has a higher than average for UK count on depression and obesity. See the links page for the Torphins Disease Prevalences QOF Database.

Services Provided

• Preventative Care and Advice
• Chronic disease clinics
• Screening Examinations / Elderly Checks
• Antenatal & Postnatal Care
• Minor Surgery
• Family Planning (Including Coil Fitting)
• Cervical Smears
• Immunisations - influenza, hepatitis etc.
• Anticoagulant monitoring
• Ambulatory BP monitoring

Private Services (which may incur a fee) include

• Insurance / HGV & other examinations
• Passport Applications - certificates etc.

Note : The nearest dispensing Chemist is: Torphins Pharmacy, 1 Beltie Road Torphins AB31 4GN : tel : 013398 82071

Surgery opening hours Monday - Friday - 8:30 - 18:00 Thursday 8:30 - 12:00pm (Cover provided by Tarland Medical Practice) Consulting hours Every weekday morning - 9:00 - 10:30 Monday & Wednesday afternoon - 15:00 - 17:30 Tuesday & Friday afternoon - 14:00 - 16:00 Thursday afternoon - Closed - Tarland cover Saturdays & Sundays - Closed - G-Med cover Alternate Wednesday Evenings - 18:00 - 19:30

Original entrance of the "Parish of Kincardine O'Neil Memorial Hospital".

NHS 24 out of hours cover:
Highly skilled nurses are at hand 24 hours a day to give expert advice, you can contact them direct on: 08454 24 24 24

In a life threatening emergency you should dial 999 and ask for an ambulance.

HealthPoint Service : Email healthpoint@nhs.net, CAll 0500 20 20 30

HealthText A New Way to Access the healthpoint Service. Clients looking for advice should text the word Info to 82727 and a healthpoint advisor will call them back during office hours to discuss their enquiry. More Info : healthtext - April 2011