Annual Review Invites

As a further digital enhancement to our service and in line with NHS Lothian policies the practice will be moving to annual review invites as well as ad hoc invites by text message.

Patients listed for annual review* will receive a text message asking them to contact the surgery to make their appointment. We may also provide an online link to book the appointment directly for certain appointment types. 

Please can patients make sure the surgery has their up-to-date mobile number on record and advise us of any changes to this.

We can guarantee we will never:

• Ask you for money
• Spam you with irrelevant information
• Use your number for advertising our services
• Pass on your number to 3rd parties (other than for hospital referrals)

While we hope that all of our patients are open to this change, which also aims to save the NHS money, we do understand that there will be patients who cannot receive text messages.  Please let us know if this applies to you by contacting us at the surgery.  

* Annual reviews are for chronic long term conditions only.

Published: Oct 7, 2025