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Fairfield Medical Practice Inverness: appointments, hours and patient routes

Fairfield Medical Practice is at 22A Abban Street, Inverness, IV3 8HH. The main telephone number is 01463 713939. The practice uses several different access times, so it helps to distinguish telephone hours, door-opening hours, appointment-booking times and consultation times before you call or travel.

Choose the right route Appointment steps Map and directions
1. Phone from 8am
2. Explain the problemReception asks why you need the appointment so the request can be routed appropriately.
✓3. Right routeRoutine slot, urgent triage GP, nurse/HCA or another NHS service.
Main practice telephone
01463 713939

Use this number for appointment requests, the urgent GP triage route, home visits, registration questions, nurse or healthcare-assistant appointments, test-result queries and general reception help.

Call Fairfield Medical Practice Official practice website
Practice address

Fairfield Medical Practice
22A Abban Street
Inverness
Scotland
IV3 8HH

NHS 24 also lists Fairfield Medical Practice at 22A Abban Street, Inverness, IV3 8HH.

Open directions
Telephone
01463 713939
Postcode
IV3 8HH
Phone access
Mon–Fri 8am–6pm
Out of hours
NHS 24 · 111
Quick answer: NHS 24 lists Fairfield Medical Practice as open Monday to Friday from 8:00am to 6:00pm, with a daily closure from 1:00pm to 2:00pm. The practice’s own appointments page says the doors are open 8:20am–5:30pm, also closed 1:00pm–2:00pm. For appointment booking, the practice homepage advises patients to phone when lines open at 8:00am.

Current practice notice

October public-holiday closure

The current practice homepage says Fairfield Medical Practice will be closed on Friday 16 October 2026 and will reopen as normal on Monday 19 October 2026. The practice specifically asks patients to take this closure into account when ordering repeat prescriptions.

Check the live practice homepage before travelling

Start with the task you need to complete

You need Best first step Key timing or rule
Life-threatening emergency Call 999 Do not wait for the GP practice or NHS 24.
A GP appointment Call 01463 713939 when appointment lines open. The practice recommends phoning at 8am because appointments fill quickly.
Urgent GP advice while open Call the usual practice number and explain that the problem is urgent. A triage GP is available during the morning and afternoon for urgent medical issues.
A repeat prescription Use the online route, repeat slip, pharmacy route or prescription email. Do not order by telephone; allow 72 hours for pharmacy collection.
A test result Call the practice. Results calls are accepted after 3pm only.
A home visit Call reception. Phone before 10am if possible; home visits are for patients housebound because of illness or disability.
Registration forms Visit reception, email the practice or call 01463 713939. You must normally live inside the practice boundary.
Urgent help when closed Call NHS 24 on 111. Use 999 instead for a life-threatening emergency.

Fairfield Medical Practice opening and telephone hours

Fairfield publishes several different time windows. Keeping them separate avoids arriving when the doors are closed or calling for an appointment outside the booking period.

Access type Published time What it means
Telephone hours Monday–Friday 8:00am–6:00pm, closed 1:00pm–2:00pm General telephone access. NHS 24 lists the same normal weekday opening period.
Doors open Monday–Friday 8:20am–5:30pm, closed 1:00pm–2:00pm Useful if you plan to attend reception in person.
Appointment booking lines 8:00am–1:00pm and 2:00pm–5:00pm The homepage specifically gives these hours for booking appointments.
Routine consultations Weekdays 8:30am–5:00pm GP, practice-nurse and healthcare-assistant consultations are offered during this period.
Daily lunch closure: both the practice appointments page and NHS 24 list a closure between 1:00pm and 2:00pm. Check the live website before travelling on public holidays or when the practice posts a temporary notice.
Official appointment and hours page NHS 24 Fairfield listing

How to request an appointment

Fairfield says appointments fill quickly and recommends phoning when the lines open at 8:00am. Reception staff may ask why you need the appointment. The practice explains that this helps them route the request appropriately under its call-handling system.

1
Call from 8:00am if you need an appointment that day.
Use the main number, 01463 713939. Appointment-booking lines are published as 8:00am–1:00pm and 2:00pm–5:00pm.
2
Give reception enough information to route the request.
You may be asked the reason for the appointment. Explain the main problem clearly and say if you believe it is urgent.
3
Accept the appropriate type of appointment.
For non-urgent problems, the practice offers face-to-face and telephone GP appointments. Some may be two to three weeks ahead, while a limited number of routine appointments are available daily.
4
Ask about a longer slot if you need more time.
The practice lists 15-minute appointments and asks patients who expect to discuss more than one problem or need extra time to ask reception about a double appointment.
Early extended-hours appointments: the practice says some appointments are available outside normal opening hours from around 7:15am. Ask reception whether an extended-hours slot is currently suitable and available.
Read Fairfield appointment guidance

Fairfield’s telephone triage line: when to use it

The urgent triage route uses the usual practice number, 01463 713939. One of the doctors is available to discuss urgent medical issues during the morning and afternoon.

Use triage for the right problem

Appropriate for triage

An urgent medical problem where the appointment offered feels too far away, or a new issue you have not already been discussing with another GP.

Use your usual GP route instead

The practice says triage is not intended for Med3 sick-line requests, GP-specific queries or complex issues already being managed with another GP.

Call early in the morning or afternoon so the triage GP has enough time to return the call before the practice closes.

NHS Near Me video appointments

Fairfield’s appointments page links to NHS Near Me, Scotland’s video-consultation service. It is not an on-demand video queue: the practice states that you must already have a pre-booked appointment with a clinician before using the Near Me link.

Before joining: confirm the appointment time and that your clinician has asked you to use NHS Near Me. Do not open the video link expecting it to create a new GP appointment.
Fairfield NHS Near Me instructions

Repeat prescriptions: no telephone requests and allow 72 hours

Fairfield publishes several repeat-prescription routes, but it specifically says that prescription requests are not accepted over the telephone.

Ordering method How it works
Online reorder Use the official repeat-prescription link on the practice prescription page.
Repeat slip Tick the medicines required and place the form in the reception box, or give it to your chosen pharmacy to forward.
Pharmacy collection service The practice advises contacting your pharmacy about a week before the medicine is needed where the pharmacy provides this service.
No reorder slip Go to the surgery, complete a request form at the desk and place it in the prescription box.
Email Send the request to nhsh.gp55836-admin@nhs.scot.
Timing: prescriptions sent to your preferred pharmacy take 72 hours to prepare. The practice also says it cannot process urgent prescription requests, so order before your medication runs out and plan around weekends and public-holiday closures.

When ordering, be ready to provide the patient’s name, address and date of birth, and the medicine details where requested. Tell the practice which pharmacy should receive the prescription.

Official repeat-prescription page

Test results: phone after 3pm only

Fairfield has a clear timing rule for test-result calls: phone after 3:00pm only.

1
Know which test you are asking about.
Have the test type and approximate date ready so reception can understand the request.
2
Call after 3:00pm.
Use the main practice number, 01463 713939.
3
Respect confidentiality rules.
The practice says it will normally release a result only to the person it relates to unless prior permission has been given or the patient is not capable of understanding the result.
Official test-result guidance

Home visits: phone before 10am if possible

Fairfield asks patients who think they need a home visit to telephone reception before 10:00am if possible.

A doctor or nurse may call back first. The practice explains that the problem may be suitable for telephone advice, a nurse visit or hospital assessment instead.

Who qualifies? The practice says home visits are only available to patients who are housebound because of illness or disability. Whenever possible, patients are encouraged to attend the surgery because examination and treatment facilities are better there.
Official home-visit information

Register with Fairfield Medical Practice

Fairfield says patients normally need to live within the practice boundary. Its current patient-guide page offers three ways to request registration forms.

1
Check that you live in the practice area.
The Fairfield homepage links to its practice-boundary information. NHS 24 also warns that being geographically close to a practice does not automatically mean your address is covered.
2
Request the registration forms.
Visit Fairfield Medical Practice, email nhsh.gp55836-admin@nhs.scot, or call 01463 713939.
3
Complete the NHS Scotland registration information accurately.
Include the details needed to trace your previous GP record, particularly your previous address and previous GP practice where applicable.
Scottish registration rule: NHS inform says identity and address information are recommended because they help match existing NHS records, but a patient should not be delayed or refused GP registration solely because they cannot provide identification or proof of address.
Staying in the area for less than three months? NHS inform says you may be treated as a temporary resident rather than registering permanently.
Fairfield registration and patient forms NHS inform GP registration guidance

Sick notes and patient forms

The practice’s patient-download page separates short sickness absence from longer absences.

First 7 days

Fairfield provides an SC2 self-certification form for sickness lasting seven days or less.

More than 7 days

The practice provides a Med3 / sick-line request form where an employer requires medical evidence after the self-certification period.

The same patient-download section also links to podiatry self-referral material and musculoskeletal / physiotherapy self-care and referral information.

Patient guide, sick-note and self-referral downloads

Clinics and services patients may need

Fairfield’s service pages show that some needs can be handled by nurses, physiotherapy, chronic-disease clinics or specialist appointments rather than an ordinary GP slot.

Family planning

Doctors and practice nurses provide contraception and sexual-health advice. The practice lists long-acting options including coil insertion, contraceptive implants and injections through special appointments.

Physiotherapy

The practice lists its first-contact physiotherapist at Fairfield on Monday and Thursday.

Long-term condition reviews

The practice provides monitoring and review support for conditions including diabetes, asthma and high blood pressure.

Health checks

New patients can arrange a healthcare-assistant health check, and the practice also publishes health-check options for patients who have not had a consultation for several years.

Postnatal care

GP postnatal appointments are available for mothers and babies; timings vary, so contact reception.

Minor procedures

The practice lists services including minor surgery, joint injections, specialist diabetic care and warfarin management.

Official clinics and services Current Fairfield staff page

Vaccinations and travel: Fairfield does not handle everything in-house

NHS Highland immunisations: Fairfield’s homepage says that, from 1 March 2023, the GP practice stopped being responsible for delivery of routine vaccinations and immunisations, including childhood immunisations. NHS Highland now runs the community vaccination clinics and invites eligible patients.

The practice lists the NHS Highland Service Delivery Centre helpline for child and adult immunisation questions as 08000 320 339, Monday to Friday, 9:30am–5:00pm.

Travel vaccinations: Fairfield’s clinics page says the practice is not currently running a travel clinic and directs patients to use an external travel-vaccination service instead. Check the live practice page before arranging travel vaccines because service arrangements can change.
Fairfield vaccination notice Travel and clinic information

Communication and access support

The Fairfield new-patient paperwork asks patients to record communication-support needs, including visual, hearing, deafblind and interpreter requirements. If you need communication support for an appointment, tell reception when arranging it rather than waiting until arrival.

Large print or communication support: contact reception if you need practice information in another accessible format or need support arranged for a consultation.

Complaints and feedback: Fairfield → NHS Highland → SPSO

Fairfield publishes a clear local complaints route. Start with the practice where possible, because this gives the surgery the opportunity to investigate and respond.

1
Contact the Practice Manager.
Call 01463 713939, use the official secure webform or email nhsh.gp55836-admin@nhs.scot.
2
Give enough detail to investigate.
Fairfield asks patients to explain who was involved, what happened, when it happened, the result, why it caused concern, what should have happened and what outcome they want.
3
NHS Highland is another published route.
The practice lists the NHS Highland Complaints Team, PO Box 5713, Inverness, IV1 9AQ, telephone 01463 705997 and email nhshighland.feedback@nhs.scot.
4
If the NHS complaints process is complete and you remain dissatisfied, check SPSO.
The Scottish Public Services Ombudsman is the final stage for complaints about most Scottish public services, including NHS services.
Fairfield complaints guidance Scottish Public Services Ombudsman

Scotland quality and regulator note

Fairfield Medical Practice is an NHS Scotland GP practice. CQC ratings apply to England and should not be copied onto this Inverness page. For live practice details, use Fairfield Medical Practice, NHS 24, NHS inform and NHS Highland sources. For unresolved NHS complaints after the local complaints process, the relevant Scottish ombudsman route is SPSO.

What happens when Fairfield is closed?

The practice says its phone lines close at 6:00pm. Between 6:00pm and 8:00am Monday to Thursday, and after 6:00pm Friday until 8:00am Monday, call NHS 24 on 111 for urgent medical help that is not an emergency.

Situation Use this route
Life-threatening emergency Call 999.
Urgent, not life-threatening, practice closed Call NHS 24 on 111.
NHS 24 thinks you need to be seen The practice says NHS 24 may pass the case to the Highland Hub, which can arrange attendance at the Urgent Care Centre in Inverness or, in some cases, a home visit.
Routine appointment, prescription or form Use the relevant Fairfield route when the practice reopens.
Fairfield out-of-hours information NHS 24 Scotland

Fairfield Medical Practice map and directions

Fairfield Medical Practice
22A Abban Street
Inverness
Scotland
IV3 8HH

Map provided for location and directions only. MedicalPracticeUK.org is not the official Fairfield Medical Practice website.
Before travelling: remember that telephone hours and door-opening hours are different. The doors are listed as open 8:20am–5:30pm on weekdays and closed 1:00pm–2:00pm.

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Official sources used

Last verified: 20 September 2026.

Fairfield Medical Practice Inverness FAQs

What is the Fairfield Medical Practice phone number and address?
The main telephone number is 01463 713939. Fairfield Medical Practice is at 22A Abban Street, Inverness, IV3 8HH.
What are Fairfield Medical Practice opening hours?
NHS 24 lists normal opening times as Monday to Friday 8:00am–6:00pm, closed 1:00pm–2:00pm. Fairfield’s own appointments page says the doors are open 8:20am–5:30pm, also closed 1:00pm–2:00pm.
When should I phone Fairfield Medical Practice for an appointment?
The practice recommends phoning when lines open at 8:00am because appointments fill quickly. Its homepage lists appointment-booking lines as 8:00am–1:00pm and 2:00pm–5:00pm.
What is the Fairfield Medical Practice triage line for?
Use the usual number, 01463 713939, for urgent medical issues or a new problem where triage advice may help. The practice says the triage route is not for Med3 sick-line requests, GP-specific queries or complex problems already being managed with another GP.
How do I order a repeat prescription at Fairfield Medical Practice?
Use the official online reorder route, your repeat slip, your pharmacy, a request form at reception or email nhsh.gp55836-admin@nhs.scot. The practice does not accept prescription requests by telephone and asks patients to allow 72 hours for pharmacy collection.
When can I phone Fairfield Medical Practice for test results?
The practice says test-result calls should be made after 3:00pm only. Results are normally released only to the patient they relate to unless prior permission has been given or the patient cannot understand the result.
How do I request a home visit?
Call reception before 10:00am if possible. Fairfield says home visits are only for patients who are housebound because of illness or disability, and a doctor or nurse may telephone first to decide the appropriate next step.
How do I register with Fairfield Medical Practice?
You normally need to live inside the practice boundary. Request registration forms by visiting the practice, emailing nhsh.gp55836-admin@nhs.scot or calling 01463 713939. NHS inform says identification and proof of address can help match records but should not be the sole reason registration is delayed or refused.
Does Fairfield Medical Practice provide routine vaccinations?
The practice homepage says routine vaccinations and immunisations moved to NHS Highland community clinics from 1 March 2023, including childhood immunisations. Eligible patients are invited through NHS Highland arrangements.
What should I do when Fairfield Medical Practice is closed?
For urgent medical help that is not life-threatening, call NHS 24 on 111. Fairfield says NHS 24 may provide advice, direct you to a pharmacy or pass the case to the Highland Hub if you need further urgent assessment. Call 999 for a life-threatening emergency.
Independent information notice: MedicalPracticeUK.org is not Fairfield Medical Practice, NHS Highland, NHS Scotland or NHS 24. Appointment availability, practice closures, prescription arrangements, vaccination services and registration rules can change. Use the official links above for live forms and information affecting an immediate visit or request.
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