At Ballantrae Medical Practice patients will be screened by telephone prior to being seen.
All patients will still have access to the care they require.
Please phone 01465 831302 if you feel you need medical advice and we will call you back.
Please let the Surgery know as soon as possible of any changes to your contact details.
Please continue to order your repeat prescriptions online if you have access to Patient Access.
Please note all repeat medication requests should be made 48 hours prior to collection. This allows for any queries to be answered and for medication to be ordered, delivered, checked and dispensed.
Know your out-of-hours service team in Ayrshire
For urgent social work problems or situations when your local office is closed, contact:
0800 328 7758 www.careinfoscotland.scot
For urgent medical advice when your GP or dental surgery is closed, contact:
NHS 24 on 111 www.nhsinform.scot
When clinically appropriate, NHS 24 will pass your details to the Ayrshire Urgent Care Service to continue your care during out-of-hours. There are a number of staff roles in the Ayrshire Urgent Care Service:
An ANP is a specialist nurse who manages the complete clinical care of patients. They are highly experienced senior nurses who can assess, diagnose, prescribe and treat clinical conditions. They can also refer, admit and discharge within appropriate clinical areas. |
District nurses provide urgent interventions such as palliative /end of life care, wound care, problems with catheters or tubes. They can also provide nursing advice and support. |
Local authority carers provide an urgent response to community alarms and telecare calls for vulnerable people and older people who need assistance. They also support individuals with urgent personal care, end of life palliative care and emergency community alarms when required. |
An out-of-hours GP will see or advise you about urgent medical problems that occur when your own GP practice is closed. The out-of-hours GP will not provide a routine service similar to in-hours practice and should not be used as a second opinion. |
Mental health nurses from the Crisis Resolution Team offer assessment of urgent mental health cases. They determine which services or interventions are needed to meet the individual’s needs. Assessments are conducted either by telephone or, when necessary, on a face-to-face basis. |
Service support staff are an administration team who work during normal office hours to provide administration support, which maintains the smooth running of the out-of-hours service. An operational and driving team also work during out-of-hours to support the team. |
Social work provides an urgent crisis service throughout Ayrshire. They deal with adult and child protection concerns and assist with urgent social problems that cannot wait. |
Please note GP's timetable below:
Monday - Dr Katy Sloan & Dr John Owen
Tuesday - Dr Katy Sloan & Dr John Owen
Wednesday - Dr John Owen
Thursday - Dr Katy Sloan & Dr Ravi Sondhi
Friday - Dr Ravi Sondhi
All 3 GPs will in turn hold surgeries at Barrhill. During annual leave this timetable will be subject to change.
Ballantrae Medical Practice opening hours are:
Monday 8.30am - 6pm
Tuesday - Friday 8.30am - 5.30pm
Dispensary 9am - 11am & 3pm - 5pm (Monday - Friday)
Patient Participation Group 
Are you interested in the medical practice?
Do you want to have a say in what services are provided?
If so please join our group. We aim to meet 3 times per year, (more if you wish) to discuss any issues affecting the practice. If you are interested in joining please ask for more information.
Your input is greatly appreciated and we would value more people coming along.
Thank you.
Protected Learning Time
PLT is dedicated training time for all staff, where we aim to enhance our skills and knowledge as individuals, in order to improve the effectiveness of the Practice and the services we offer to you as patients.
On these days the Practice will close from 1.00pm and will re-open the following day.
Dates for 2024 are as follows:
Wednesday 26th June 2024
Tuesday 27th August 2024
Wednesday 27th November 2024
Emergency medical cover will be provided by ADOC. Dial 111. In a life threatening emergency dial 999 for an ambulance.
Veteran's First
Samaritans – new telephone number
The Samaritans are launching a new free-to-caller number – 116 123. This number is free to call from landlines, mobiles and payphones. It will enable more people who may be struggling to cope to access our vital service, which provides round the clock support, every single day of the year.
The new 116 123 number will replace Samaritans’ national UK number, 08457 90 90 90.
Registration & Bereavement
Ayr Registration Office, 5-9 High Street, Ayr KA7 1LU - Tel: 01292 617 617
Stranraer Registration Office
Council Offices, Sun Street, Stranraer, Wigtownshire DG9 7JJ
Please phone 01776 888439 to make an appointment.
What is power of attorney?
MUSCULOSKELETAL SERVICE (MSK)
MSK Ayrshire and Arran have new website to assist with the advice and management of musculoskeletal conditions. At present it contains information and exercises for OA knees, patellofemoral pain and chronic pain management. Feedback shows an appetite for further information so over the next few months the website will be continually updated with other common MSK conditions.
http://www.nhsaaa.net/musculoskeletal-service-msk