MOST Health Centres and GP Practices in the Scottish Borders will be closed for the public holiday on Monday May 1 2023.
However, NHS Borders say that that the following practices will be open:
Coldstream Medical Practice: Earlston Medical Practice: Galashiels-Roxburgh Street Medical Practice: Kelso Medical Practice: Lauder Medical Practice, Selkirk Medical Practice and Stow Medical Practice.
Some community pharmacies will also be open on the public holiday.
For information on your local pharmacy opening hours, please visit: http://www.nhsborders.scot.nhs.uk/public-holidays/
The Vaccination Booking Hub will be closed on the public holiday.
An NHS Borders spokesperson said: “Please help us to keep you and our NHS safe by using our services wisely and seeking the right care in the right place.
“If you need health advice or treatment for non-life-threatening conditions, please call NHS 24 on 111 and they will signpost you to the right place to get the advice or care that you need.
“If it is an emergency, you should still call 999 as you did before or come to the Emergency Department, where our team will be able provide you with emergency medical care.”
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