Public Holiday – Monday 28 September 2026
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Monday 28 September is a Public Holiday for NHS Orkney. All GP surgeries will be closed on the Public Holiday, but in an emergency you can contact a GP in the same way as routine evening/weekend cover.
If you are ill when your practice is closed and can’t wait until it reopens, you should call NHS 24 on 111. In an emergency you should dial 999.
Community Pharmacy Arrangements on the Public Holiday on Monday 28 September:
- Boots the Chemist, Kirkwall – Closed
- WHB Sutherland Kirkwall – Open 9am – 5.30pm
- WHB Sutherland Stromness – Open 9am – 5pm
- Norsepharm Dounby – Open 9am – 5pm