{"id":444293,"date":"2026-02-25T06:05:11","date_gmt":"2026-02-25T06:05:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/444293\/"},"modified":"2026-02-25T06:05:11","modified_gmt":"2026-02-25T06:05:11","slug":"full-list-of-16-planned-walk-in-gp-clinics-in-scotland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/444293\/","title":{"rendered":"Full list of 16 planned walk-in GP clinics in Scotland"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n Speaking in Shetland<\/a>, First Minister John Swinney<\/a> has unveiled plans for new sites across Scotland, including centres in Shetland, Stranraer and Cardonald<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n

\n The clinics will be open from midday to 8pm, seven days a week. The Scottish Government<\/a> hopes that they will complement traditional GP clinics while reducing the morning “rush” for appointments.\n<\/p>\n

\n Patients will be able to seek medical guidance from staff without the need for an appointment.\n<\/p>\n

\n The first walk-in service opened on 11 February<\/a> in Wester Hailes, Edinburgh<\/a>. Another site in Lochee, Dundee<\/a>, will open in March.\n<\/p>\n

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\n Swinney said: \u201cI committed to delivering 15 new walk-in GP centres and I am pleased that, not only will we now deliver an initial 16 sites, but many of these will be up and running in a matter of weeks.\n<\/p>\n

\n \u201cWith centres open 12-8pm, seven days a week, and based in easily accessible locations in our communities across the country, this is part of a package addressing the 8am rush that has frustrated so many of us – easing capacity pressures on family doctors. \u00a0\n<\/p>\n

\n \u201cBy establishing a series of walk-in clinics we can ensure people are seen by a clinician at a time that works for them. Our programme will help us deliver over one million additional GP and nurse appointments.\n<\/p>\n

\n \u201cThis complements our \u00a3531 million landmark investment in core General Practice. With GP numbers up, long waits down and new walk-in GP clinics being tested across Scotland, it is clear we are making real progress in our NHS and I am determined to continue driving forward improvements.\u201d\n<\/p>\n

The full list of planned clinics:<\/p>\n

Wester Hailes, Edinburgh, NHS Lothian –\u00a0 Opened on 11 February 2026<\/p>\n

Lochee GP Practice, Dundee, NHS Tayside – Expected to open 2 March 2026<\/p>\n

Benbecula, NHS Western Isles – Expected to open in March<\/p>\n

Stranraer, NHS Dumfries and Galloway – Expected to open 14 April 2026<\/p>\n

Lerwick, NHS Shetland \u2013 Expected to open in April<\/p>\n

Hawick, NHS Borders \u2013 Expected to open in April<\/p>\n

Invergordon, NHS Highland \u2013 Expected to open in May<\/p>\n

Aberdeen City, NHS Grampian \u2013 Expected to open in May<\/p>\n

Cardonald, Glasgow, NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde \u2013 Expected to open in June<\/p>\n

Dunoon, NHS Highland \u2013 Expected to open in June<\/p>\n

Moray, NHS Grampian – Expected to open in Summer<\/p>\n

Aberdeenshire, NHS Grampian \u2013 Expected to open in Summer<\/p>\n

Sauchie, Alloa, NHS Forth Valley – Expected to open in Summer<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Speaking in Shetland, First Minister John Swinney has unveiled plans for new sites across Scotland, including centres in…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":444294,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[43],"tags":[102,2960,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-444293","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-healthcare","tag-health","tag-healthcare","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/444293","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=444293"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/444293\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/444294"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=444293"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=444293"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=444293"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}