Dr Peter N Hargreaves MB, ChB (Dundee 1976), DRCOG

Dr Gerald McK Burnett, ChB (Manchester 1984)DCH, DRCOG

Dr Ann C Blyth MB, ChB (Dundee 1984) MRCGP, DRCOG

Dr Dorothy B Sullivan MB, ChB (Glasgow 1980) MSc (Glasgow 1997) DFSRHP, MRCGP, DRCOG

Dr Finlay I Macdonald, ChB. (Manchester 1998) Bsc(Hons) MRCGP

Eden Villa Practice, Health Centre, Bank Street, Cupar, Fife, KY15 5JN

Mrs Linda Sanders, RGN

Mrs Jacqui Herrington, RGN

Mrs Ruth Bowring (Health Care Assistant)

Our Practice Nursing team provides a wide range of nursing duties including immunisation, blood pressure monitoring, diabetes clinics, asthma clinics, coronary heart disease clinics, cervical smears, family planning and travel advice and immunisation. Full information is given on the services page.

Dr J. McDonald

Mrs Natalie Balsillie

The Practice Manager oversees the day-to-day running of the practice. She is responsible of all personnel, administrative and organisational aspects of the practice. She is available to help with any non-medical problems relevant to the practice and to discuss suggestions and complaints.

We have a good team of trained staff. They are the first point of contact for most patients and help each patient make best use of the practice resources. They answer the telephones, make appointments, update the computers and take requests for home visits, consultations and repeat prescriptions. They are bound by the same rules of confidentiality as the doctors and nurses in the practice.

Practice Administration

The practice employs other administrative staff to ensure the smooth running of all aspects within the practice.

Health Visitors (01334 656812)

District Nurses (01334 656812)

All consultations are by appointment and are in 10 minute slots.   These can be made during normal surgery opening times either in person or by telephoning (01334) 654944. Should you have more than one complaint please arrange a double appointment. Emergency appointments will be with the doctor on duty for that particular day.   If you usually see a particular doctor, please tell the receptionist when you book your appointment.   Please also book your appointment as far in advance as possible, we will try to accommodate your wishes but may not be able to do so at short notice.   If you wish to speak with a doctor or a nurse the receptionist will ask for some details plus your contact details. This will be passed to a doctor or nurse and they will call you back.

Urgent Cases will always be seen the same day. Patients requesting urgent appointments may be asked to come to the surgery as an “extra” to be fitted in between booked appointments or at the end of surgery. This is by arrangement with the receptionist or doctor on call. There may be a wait involved so as not to inconvenience other patients with pre booked appointments.

Home visits are for patients too ill or frail too attend surgeries. Difficulty with transport is not in itself a valid reason to request a home visit. If you genuinely cannot come to the surgery and need a doctor to visit please try to telephone your request by 10.30a.m and give the receptionist your details. Please be prepared to explain your symptoms to the receptionist.  This is to enable the doctor to prioritise calls. A doctor may call you back as it may be that your problem may be dealt with by telephone advice.   All information you give is completely confidential.

All requests received after 12 noon are assessed by a doctor.

Home visits take the doctors considerably more time than surgery consultations.  Full examinations and tests cannot be done at home.  Please help us by coming into the surgery whenever possible.

Children with common childhood illnesses such as cold, rash or temperature can be brought safely to the surgery and will not endanger others.   Please tell the receptionist of this on your arrival.  If necessary you can wait isolated from other patients.

Questions and queries for the practice nurse can be given to the receptionist. If appropriate the nurse will call you at a convenient time.

The Following Appointments Can Be Pre Booked For The Practice Nursing Team

The Treatment Room in the Health Centre is open from 9.00am – 5.30pm Monday to Friday.  The nurses are available for a variety of services including dressings, blood tests, removal of stitches and other items arranged by the doctor.  Appointments for Treatment Room procedures can be obtained by telephoning 01334 658444.  There is also a Minor Injuries Unit based in the Treatment Room.  You may attend without an appointment if you have suffered an accident within the previous 48 hours.  Minor Injuries is open from 8.00am – 6.00pm Monday to Friday.

The physiotherapy department is a small friendly, busy department offering a variety of modalities (electrical, mobilising, exercise etc) to help patients.   Access to the service is by GP or Consultant referral.   Treatment is by appointment and unfortunately due to demand there is a waiting list.

The department is open on weekday mornings and on Thursday afternoon.  A request card signed by a doctor must be completed before any x-ray can be taken.  The department offers “Open Access” during its working hours, but you may prefer to book an appointment.  Outside the departments opening hours, our Receptionists have access to the appointment book.

Community midwives attend women before and after babies are born at home, in clinics and classes.  They act as a link between the hospital midwifery service and our practice.

Please click on the links below to download our practice newsletters. These are in Adobe format, you may need to first install Adobe reader.

Edition 1 Link

Edition 2 Link

Practice Plan (Acrobat .pdf file)