Our website has been designed to make it easy for you to gain instant access to the information you need. As well as specific practice details such as opening hours and how to register, you’ll find a wealth of useful pages covering a wide range of health issues along with links to other relevant medical organisations.
We are a rural & remote practice serving 2,500 people of all ages, covering a large geographical area of East Sutherland. This is a beautiful rural county in Scotland that has one of the lowest population densities in Western Europe. Our patients primarily live in the main settlements of Brora and Helmsdale, but we have a significant number who live in sparsely-populated crofting settlements and farms along Strath Brora and Strath Kildonan. It can take our GPs over an hour to reach some of our most outlying patients on home visits.
In addition to providing comprehensive primary health care to our patients, our GPs also help to run the community hospital and minor injuries unit at the Lawson Memorial Hospital each week
Get Well, Keep Well
Of course we’re not just here for when you are unwell. Our team of healthcare professionals and back-up staff offer a number of clinics and services to promote good health and wellbeing whatever your medical condition.
Join In
We hope you enjoy having a look around the site and hope in the near future to be able to offer online features such as ordering a repeat prescription.
Self Referral Forms
You can now download and fill out a self referral form for for Podiatry by clicking on 'Minor Illness' link in the 'Further information' menu on this page. These services can be accessed without having to see the GP.
Near Me Clinics
Our GP's now have the ability to offer patients Video consultations if this is appropriate. If you are advised to have a video call with the GP please copy the link below into your browser. This will give you all the information you require to link into this service. Please only do this if you are advised to by the GP/Clinician. Please note this will only work with Google Chrome or Safari.
https://nhsattend.vc/gpnearme/brorahelmsdale
A full information leaflet is available which can be emailed to you.
First Contact Physiotherapist
As first point of contact for a physiotherapist you can now be seen by a physiotherapist in our Brora surgery. There are clinics every Thursday. Please contact the surgery to arrange an appointment. There is also a very useful app called PHIO, which can be downloaded to your smart phone or tablet. The link is shown below.
https://phio.eql.ai/provider/nhsnhighland-gp
(Site updated 15/10/2024)