Whinpark Medical Centre

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Welcome to Whinpark Medical Centre

We provide comprehensive NHS primary care services to help you manage your health and well-being.

Our aim is to provide a high quality, caring and personal healthcare service to our whole patient population by:

  • Putting our patients at the centre of what we do
  • Having a highly qualified and trained multi-professional integrated primary Healthcare Team
  • Offering our services in a safe, supportive and suitably equipped environment, using technological advances in healthcare systems for our patient’s benefit.
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Whinpark Medical Centre

6 Saughton Road
Edinburgh
EH11 3RA

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NEW SMS SYSTEM (TRIAL) – 21/03/2025

We are trialing a new text message system. If you receive a text message from ‘WhinparkMP’ this is authentic and not a scam. The texts may include links to useful information and you will be asked to enter your date of birth to confirm it is you before you can open these links.

We will never send a text for anything that requires urgent action.

If you have any queries or concerns please contact us.

APPOINTMENTS

We currently operate a hybrid booking system of a mix of pre-bookable and on the day appointments. There will be a smaller amount of on the day appointments included in this new system so if you would like an on the day please call at 8am. We still offer emergency appointments and these will be triaged by our duty doctor.

STAFF TRAINING

Whinpark Medical Centre will close everyday between 12.30 p.m. and 1.30 p.m. for lunch/training – should urgent medical attention be required between this period, please contact the emergency duty doctor on: 07856 073 422. Please note if it is not deemed urgent, you will be asked to call back when the practice is open.

If you require urgent medical advice please call the surgery at 8am to arrange a call back from the GP that day. Our reception team will ask for a brief description of your symptoms this is so we can prioritise those with more urgent need. They may also direct you to another clinician or your local pharmacy who may be able to deal with your issue quicker and appropriately.

You may be asked to email in pictures or arrange a face to face or video consultation, Please use the link below if you are given a video consultation.