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Which pharmacies are open in Tayside on Christmas Day?

Locals can access healthcare at certain shops in Dundee, Angus and Perth and Kinross.

Several pharmacies will be open on Christmas Day. Image: PA
Several pharmacies will be open on Christmas Day. Image: PA

Several pharmacies are set to open on Christmas Day across Tayside.

With GP practices shut, locals can still access some healthcare at certain pharmacies in Dundee, Angus, and Perth and Kinross on December 25.

Patients with non-life-threatening illnesses can also contact NHS24 on 111, but people are being asked to only attend A&E in an emergency.

The full list of pharmacies opening during Christmas and New Year is as follows.

Pharmacies open on Christmas Day in Dundee, Angus and Perth and Kinross

  • Davidsons Chemists, 59 Keptie Street, Arbroath – 2-5pm
  • Sheila MacFarlane Pharmacy, 70-72 Gray Street, Broughty Ferry – 2-5pm
  • Richardson Pharmacy, 181 Blackness Road, Dundee – 2-5pm
  • Well Pharmacy, 191 Rannoch Road, Perth – 2-5pm

Pharmacies open on Boxing Day

  • Baird’s Pharmacy, Abbeygate Centre, Arbroath – 1-5pm
  • Boots Pharmacy, 94 Albert Street, Dundee – noon-4pm
  • Boots Pharmacy, 49-53 High Street, Dundee – 9am-6pm
  • Davidsons Chemists, 120 Gray Street, Broughty Ferry – 1-5pm
  • Asda Pharmacy, 89 Dunkeld Rd, Perth – 10am-4pm
  • Boots Pharmacy, 143-159 High Street, Perth – 10.30am-5pm

Pharmacies open on New Year’s Day

  • Well Pharmacy, 112 High Street, Arbroath – 2-5pm
  • Bruce Ramsay Pharmacy, 87 Fintry Road, Dundee – 2-5pm
  • M&D Green Pharmacy, 276 Perth Rd, Dundee – 2-5pm
  • Asda Pharmacy, 89 Dunkeld Rd, Perth – noon-6pm
  • Dickies Pharmacy, 10-16 York Place, Perth – 2-5pm

Pharmacies open on January 2

  • Baird’s Pharmacy, Abbeygate Centre, Arbroath – 1-5pm
  • Boots Pharmacy, 94 Albert Street, Dundee – noon-4pm
  • Boots Pharmacy, 49-53 High St, Dundee – 9am-6pm
  • Davidsons Chemists, 120 Gray Street, Broughty Ferry – 1-5pm
  • Boots Pharmacy, 143-159 High Street, Perth – 10.30am-5pm
  • Asda Pharmacy, 89 Dunkeld Rd, Perth – 10am-4pm

GP surgeries in Tayside are closed on December 25 and 26 and January 1 and 2.

They are open as normal on December 27 and January 3.

All vaccination centres are closed on December 25 and 26, and January 1 and 2.

Details of drop-in clinics over the festive period are available on the Vaccination Tayside website.

Tayside dental practices and Dundee Dental Hospital are closed on December 25 and 26, and January 1 and 2.

Anyone with a dental emergency should contact NHS24.

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