Practice news & health campaigns
The latest news from Academy Medical Centre, including a selection of posts from our Facebook & Twitter feeds - you can join us on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram.
The practice will be closed for four days at Christmas (23-26 December) and four days at New Year (30 December - 2 January). Please check you have enough of your repeat medication and, if you need more, please make sure you order in plenty of time before the festive holidays.
Every month the Academy Medical Centre Patient Participation Group raises awareness of health and wellbeing campaigns. December features bereavement support, drink awareness, winter health, and loneliness.
Read more...Dates on which the practice will be closed for public holidays during 2024, and the remainder of 2023, for your calendar or diary. The next closures are 25 December and 26 December 2023.
Read more...Every month the Academy Medical Centre Patient Participation Group raises awareness of health and wellbeing campaigns. November features men's health awareness month (Movember), lung cancer, and COPD.
Read more...If you are eligible for your free shingles vaccine you will be invited to attend your local vaccination centre from January 2024, when flu and covid vaccinations are complete.
The first edition of the Joint Angus Advocacy Strategic Framework is in draft and your feedback is invited.
Daylight is a programme to improve anxiety based on Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) and is free for NHS patients based in Scotland. It's available on both iOS and Android devices. Go to trydaylight.com/nhsinform.
Due to the severe weather condition of the storm, we are only dealing with emergency calls today (Friday 20 October). We have also taken the decision to close the doors from 3pm today.
Every month the Academy Medical Centre Patient Participation Group raises awareness of health and wellbeing campaigns. October features breast cancer, flu vaccination, self-care awareness and menopause awareness.
Read more...The surgery will be closed on Monday 9 October, in line with the public holidays for GP practices across Tayside.
Read more...The practice is not responsible for booking your flu/covid vaccinations. NHS Tayside has taken over the delivery of vaccinations from GP surgeries as part of the national Vaccination Transformation Programme.
The latest practice newsletter is now available. The Autumn issue includes information about the return of the self check-in screen, updates to payments for letters, the next public holiday, the Chronic Medication Service, staff updates, your feedback, a patient journey, an interview with AMC's Lorraine Forsyth (Nursing Team Lead), and sexual health information for Sexual Health Week.
Read more...Every month the Academy Medical Centre Patient Participation Group raises awareness of health and wellbeing campaigns. September features suicide awareness, blood pressure and organ donation.
Read more...Forfar 50+ Fair will be held on Friday 6 October from 1pm-4pm, and offers free advice for over 50's in Angus.
NHS Scotland does not recommend choosing to pay to travel abroad for surgery as part of a packaged holiday.
Tayside Council on Alcohol's new SMART recovery group is up and running in Angus! This is a programme that provides tools for people who are struggling with any form of addiction.
Starting 7th Aug for up to 3 weeks, there will be phased road works happening at Academy Street, and from Aug 28th for up to 3 days there will be works on the south side of the main parking lot of the practice. Access to the practice will remain managed and maintained throughout. Our Facebook post gives more details.
Every month the Academy Medical Centre Patient Participation Group raises awareness of health and wellbeing campaigns. August features LGBT+ health and wellbeing and breast feeding.
Read more...Find out what's on at the Alzheimer Scotland Angus groups throughout August!
Need help with your zzzzzzzzzz's? Sleepio is a digital sleep improvement programme based on Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT). You can use Sleepio on your browser or it's free to download on both iOS or Android.
Get trusted sexual health information, access free condoms, and find your local sexual health service.
The surgery will be closed on Monday 24 July, in line with the public holidays for GP practices across Tayside.
Read more...Every month the Academy Medical Centre Patient Participation Group raises awareness of health and wellbeing campaigns. July features nutrition and physical activity, and osteoporosis.
Read more...The latest practice newsletter is now available. The Summer issue includes information about our office manager's role, information for patients considering private medical consultations, an update on staff training, patient feedback, and the phone service and waiting times.
Read more...Infections in the mouth can be linked with problems in other parts of the body. Find out about the problems that may be caused or made worse by poor oral health.
Every month the Academy Medical Centre Patient Participation Group raises awareness of health and wellbeing campaigns. June features falls awareness, dementia, carers week and cervical screening.
Read more...Sexual health can sometimes be the cause of anxiety, and often the more that you worry about something and keep it to yourself, the worse your anxiety can become. Find out where to go if you're worried about your sexual health.
New Scottish Government guidance comes into effect from Tuesday 16 May 2023, meaning face masks no longer need to be worn in health and care settings.
Every month the Academy Medical Centre Patient Participation Group raises awareness of health and wellbeing campaigns. This month features sun awareness, asthma awareness and deaf awareness.
Read more...The surgery will be closed on Monday 29 May, in line with the public holidays for GP practices across Tayside.
Read more...Some fun activities you can try with your child to support the development of their pre-writing skills.
Have you heard of Pharmacy First Scotland?
— NHS 24 (@NHS24) May 9, 2023
NHS Pharmacy First Scotland allows pharmacies to give help for conditions such as sore throats, earache and cold sores, as well as clinical conditions such as UTIs.
Find out more:
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The surgery will be closed on Monday 1 May and Monday 8 May, in line with the public holidays for GP practices across Tayside.
Read more...A stroke is a serious, life-threatening medical condition that happens when the blood supply to part of the brain is cut off. Strokes are a medical emergency and urgent treatment is essential. The sooner a person receives treatment for a stroke, the less damage to the brain is likely to occur.
Every month the Academy Medical Centre Patient Participation Group raises awareness of health and wellbeing campaigns. This month features mental health and bowel cancer awareness.
Read more...The NHS Tayside Nutrition and Dietetic Service has created a suite of pages on their website to provide a trusted source of diet and nutrition advice to help improve nutrition, health and wellbeing.
The Pain Association Scotland 5 week course for residents of Angus is back again in April.
The surgery will be closed on Monday 3 April and Monday 10 April, in line with the public holidays for GP practices across Tayside.
Read more...The latest practice newsletter is now available. The Spring issue includes information about callback times, spirometry services, staff updates...including our new Advanced Nurse Practitioner (ANP) and Operations Manager, forthcoming closures, patient feedback and a patient journey.
Read more...Notes of the meeting of the Academy Medical Centre Patient Participation Group held on 13 December 2022 and 10 January 2023 are now available.
Read more...Every month the Academy Medical Centre Patient Participation Group raises awareness of health and wellbeing campaigns. This month features No Smoking Day, Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month and Kidney Disease.
Read more...Every month the Academy Medical Centre Patient Participation Group raises awareness of health and wellbeing campaigns. This month features National Heart Month and Children’s Mental Health Week.
Read more...Details of when the practice will be closed for public holidays in 2023 for your calendar or diary.
Read more...Get Out Get Active is an initiative aiming to get more people more active together on a physically inclusive basis. All sessions are free! Some are online!
Read more...Every month the Academy Medical Centre Patient Participation Group raises awareness of health and wellbeing campaigns. This month features Dry January and Cervical Cancer Prevention Week.
Read more...To keep up-to-date please join us on social media, where we share practice news, health information and campaigns and public holiday reminders.
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We are one of the largest GP practices in Tayside, Scotland, with approximately 10,000 patients on our list.
The surgery is open Monday to Friday from 8am-1pm & 2pm-6pm (except public holidays).