2024/25 Public Holidays
The 2024/25 public holidays are:
- Monday 1 April 2024
- Monday 6 May 2024
- Monday 15 July 2024
- Monday 14 October 2024
- Wednesday 25 December 2024
- Thursday 26 December 2024
- Wednesday 1 January 2025
- Thursday 2 January 2025
The next Public Holiday is Monday 6 May 2024.
Community Pharmacies
Details of community pharmacies opening times over the bank holiday will be shared in due course.
In preparation for the upcoming public holiday, please check your repeat prescription and order only what you need, in plenty of time.
Community Pharmacists can provide you with expert advice and treatment for a range of common illnesses and ailments and give advice about your medicines.
Please be considerate when attending your local pharmacy: You should stay at home and avoid contact with other people if you feel unwell. Please make arrangements for someone else to pick up your medication or ask your pharmacy to have your prescription delivered to your home, as you may unintentionally be putting yourself, pharmacy staff and others at unnecessary risk.
Dental Centres
The Public Dental Service clinics at Galashiels Health Centre and Kelso Health Centre will be closed during all the public holidays. Emergency dental cover will be provided by contacting NHS24 on 111.
On the public holidays of Monday 15 July and Monday 14 October 2024 Hawick Dental Centre and Coldstream Dental Centre will be providing dental cover for the Borders.
Health Centres and GP Practices
Most Health Centres and GP Practices in the Borders will be closed for the public holiday on Monday 6 May 2024.
Further details will be shared in due course. Please help us to keep you and our NHS safe by using our services wisely and seeking the right care in the right place.
If you need health advice or treatment for non-life-threatening conditions, please call NHS 24 on 111 and they will signpost you to the right place to get the advice or care that you need. You may need to wait a while for your call to be answered or for a member of the team to call you back, but this can be done in the comfort of your own home.
If you do need to be seen you may be given an appointment. This will avoid you having to make any unnecessary trips to hospital and it also ensures that our specialists in the Emergency Department are available to treat people who require emergency medical care for life threatening conditions.
If it is an emergency, you should still call 999 as you did before or come to the Emergency Department, where our team will be able provide you with emergency medical care.