Festive opening times for health and care services.
You can find the full list of all the opening times for health and care services in Shetland - here
Mainland Shetland Health Centres
Christmas Eve OPEN AS NORMAL
Christmas Day Contact NHS 24
Friday 26th December Contact NHS 24
New Years Eve OPEN AS NORMAL
New Years Day Contact NHS 24
Friday 2nd January Contact NHS 24
Monday 5th January OPEN AS NORMAL
Health Centres will be closed at weekends as normal. If you need to access a GP while your practice is closed, please contact
NHS 24 on 111.
When you phone NHS 24 your call be will answered by a call handler who will take your details. If NHS 24 is busy, particularly at weekends, you will first hear a message telling you that they are busy and if your call is not urgent to call back later. Stay on the line and your call will be answered.
Most of the time you will be dealt with during this initial phone call. At busy times, if you are not phoning with an emergency, NHS 24 may take your details and get a nurse or a local GP to call you back. Please stay by the phone and someone will contact you.
Yell, Unst, and Whalsay Health Centres – Please Contact the Surgery for Assistance
District Nursing services are available throughout the Festive period. They can be accessed by contacting the respective Health Centre in the Public Holiday or out of hours period. NB Patients registered at Hillswick Health Centre should contact the District Nurse via the Brae Health Centre or via NHS 24 during this time.
Intermediate Care Team - new referrals taken every day between 8am and 4pm except weekends and public holidays. Existing enabling support packages will continue as planned throughout the festive period.
PHARMACIES
- Monday 22nd December: All pharmacies normal hours
- Tuesday 23rd December: All pharmacies normal hours
- Wednesday 24th December : All pharmacies normal hours
- Thursday 25th December: All pharmacies closed
- Friday 26th December: Freefield Pharmacy 1pm – 4pm - All other pharmacies closed
- Saturday 27th December: All pharmacies normal hours
- Sunday 28th December : All pharmacies closed
- Monday 29th December: All pharmacies normal hours
- Tuesday 30th December: All pharmacies normal hours
- Wednesday 31st December: All pharmacies normal hours
- Thursday 1st January: All pharmacies closed
- Friday 2nd January: Boots pharmacy open 1pm – 4pm. All other pharmacies closed
- Saturday 3rd January: All pharmacies normal hours
Shetland Islands Council has details of its festive opening times, including closure dates and any planned changes to services over Christmas and New Year. If you are uncertain about any changes to a specific service, please contact them directly. You can view the details on the website - here.