News

25th Nov

Welcome

University Health Service is pleased to announce the appointment of our new Practice Business and Development Manager, Louise Matthews, who brings a wealth of knowledge and experience from 12 years of management positions in General Practice. High-quality and accessible patient care is central to the ethos of our practice, M(r)s Matthews will work closely with the clinical and administrative team to deliver continuous improvement to the service you receive here at UHS. 

28th Aug

Our online booking system is available for telephone consultations only

You can also order your repeat prescriptions online if you have signed up for this

Book/Cancel Appointments Online

We offer this facility which allows you 24 hour access to book or cancel Doctor Appointments with us. If you want to do this and are unsure how to then please speak to reception staff.

(You must have received a password and username for online booking BEFORE you can use the service, this is only available from Health Centre reception by calling 0131 650 2777)

If you used an online service at a previous Practice it will NOT work here, you must sign up again for this Practice .

28th Aug

Why are your GPs now unable to do everything they once were?

General Practice across the country has been struggling for years. However it has now reached a critical situation with less money, less doctors and less staff to meet the growing needs of the Scottish population. So how did we get here

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Important Notice
Remember for us to retain your registration we must have an up-to-date Edinburgh address for you.
If you have changed address please email us with your new details, (Name, Date of birth, old address and new address) Email to: loth.clinicals70592@nhs.scot

If you call us to request your CHI (Community Health Index Number) please note that we can only take such calls Tuesday – Thursday between 2pm and 4pm. If you call out with these times you will be asked to call back.

28th Aug

NHS Digital Sharing Opt-Out


We would like to reassure our patients that the proposed extraction of GP data by NHS Digital does not include any patients registered with this practice or in NHS Scotland.

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Please note NHS app is only available to patients registered with a GP in England.

Page last reviewed: 25 November 2025
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