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Hillswick Training Practice Profile
For GP Training posts, please contact Dr.
Susan Bowie, 01806 503718 and Diane
Whittle, NES Deanery, 01224 552 811 for Greencard information.
The Surgery
 | Phone: emergency 01806 503277 |
| Phone: non emergency 01806 503718 |
| Fax: 01806 503399 |
| Address: Hillswick Health Centre, West Ayre, Hillswick, Shetland ZE2 9RW |
| Website: www.hillswickhealthcentre.co.uk |
| Email: Susan
Bowie |
Doctors
| Susan Bowie |
Single Handed, New Trainer Approved November 2002.
Antenatal, minor surgery, asthma, CHD, terminal care, homeopathy,
hypnotherapy, family planning, paediatrics.
| Mick Russon
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Practice Nurses
| Caroline
Garrick
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| Jeanette Spall |
Asthma clinic, hypertension, CHD. Equipment maintenance
and the treatment room.
District Nurse/Midwife
| Hille Buckley-Jones |
On call District Nurse to be contacted on 01806 522567
(Brae Health Centre) and 01595 695678 (
Gilbert
Bain
Hospital
) at night.
Practice Staff
| Maisie
Thompson
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Reception and accounting, dispensing, complaints,
organising planes, ambulances.
| Amelia
Dowle |
Reception and computing, dispensing, organisation,
filing, letters and acting as a safety net.
| Tricia Robertson |
Relief reception.
| CPN: Janet Laing |
| Physiotherapy weekly: Eleanor Courts |
| Chiropody about 6 weekly |
| Psychiatry 6 weekly: Dr Sha'aban, contactable through the
Gilbert Bain Hospital 01595 695678 |
Dentists
| Dr Paul D'Eathe |
| Mr Andrew Pickering |
Brae Health Centre, 01806 522461
Other Local GPs
| Dr Paul Scott |
| Dr John Thorne |
| Dr Shakell Ahmed |
Brae Health Centre, 01806 522543. We have occasional
cover arrangements with the Brae practice, which stretches from Girlsta to
Sullom Voe Terminal. Keys at night are kept by Brae Care Centre. They look
after our Care Centre patients.
Lerwick Health Centre
01595 693201. The Lerwick GPs currently look after
maternity patients and should be contacted regarding maternity admissions.
A GP Registrar holds clinics to access more patients.
Hillswick Health Centre Premises
Purpose built Health Board
Building. Spacious but more needed. Two consulting rooms and large treatment room
with consulting space and full emergency equipment, video conferencing,
library, staff room, tea and coffee facilities for patients,
dispensary, and surgery garden used by patients and community. The surgery,
which is situated
centrally in Hillswick, is built to a high standard and has scenic views over
to the West Ayre, a
local beach, the cliffs of Eshaness and beyond.
Services
Along with the services described above:
| Maternity services |
| Child health |
| Minor Surgery |
| Minor Casualty |
| Full Dispensing |
| Hypnotherapy |
| Homeopathy |
| Social work |
| No outlying surgeries or clinics |
| Hospital work - Dr Bowie is GP with Specialist
Interest in Child Health and holds weekly clinics in the Gilbert Bain
Hospital, Lerwick, and with visiting consultants. GP Registrars are very
welcome to attend and assist. |
Registrar Accommodation
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| Heylor house and part of the garden |
Heylor house showing the conservatory |
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| Heylor and Ronas Voe |
Ronas Voe |
4 bedroomed croft house nearby in Heylor, insulated and
full central heating, rebuilt in 1994. Conservatory with tropical plants.
Garden. Barns. Outstanding position above a beach on the banks of Ronas
Voe, looking over to Ronas Hill, Shetland's highest hill.
Other Facilities
Hillswick and Urafirth has a good primary school:
| Purpose built nursery class within primary school for
all 3 and 4 year olds |
| The school had an excellent inspection in 2002 |
| Modern school buildings which are less than ten years
old |
| Good secondary schooling in Brae with transport
provided
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The Hillswick practice is the most northerly practice on the mainland of
Shetland, about 40 minutes by car (and ambulance) from Lerwick. There is a
twice daily bus service to Lerwick.
The Health Centre is situated in the middle of Hillswick, across the road
from an historic hotel with bar and dining facilities (currently closed). There is also an
occasional
vegan restaurant and seal sanctuary in what was the oldest Shetland pub,
the Booth, down on the waterfront. The village shop stocks groceries and
general provisions and, for a wider selection, including petrol/diesel,
there is a larger
shop in Ollaberry, around six miles away. The West Ayre beach in Hillswick
is an unspoilt white sandy beach 100 yards walk from the centre of the
village.
There is a newly-built café/restaurant in Eshaness, a
few miles away, with facilities for camping and caravanning. They provide
hot and cold snacks and an evening à la carte menu. Braewick Café is located
on a working croft with spectacular panoramic sea views including the famous
sea stack, the Drongs and also has a craft shop and gallery.
The North Mainland is an area of outstanding natural beauty, probably the
best and most rugged in Shetland. There are fabulous cliff walks,
including the famous Eshaness cliffs and the highest hill in Shetland.
There are also great areas of wilderness and it is a paradise for bird
watchers, geologists, botanists and fishermen, both sea and loch.
There is a thriving kayaking club in Lerwick, diving club in the North
Mainland and there are two golf courses near Lerwick. Shetland has
excellent leisure facilities, with swimming and leisure centres in every
area, our nearest being Brae. There are many sports available here
including tuition in most things for adults and children. Shetland is also famous for traditional music which is taught in the schools, and
there is a club locally. There are many social events, usually centred on
the public halls, throughout the year including a local Up Helly Aa in
February. For more information see rest of website and Local
Information.
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