Doctors’ surgery hit by flooding to reopen

A NORTH-EAST Fife GP practice is finally preparing to reopen to patients six months after a serious flood.

Tayview Medical Practice was forced to close its Tayport surgery in October as a result of the incident, with patients having to travel to Newport for face-to-face appointments ever since.

However, an extensive programme of repairs is now almost complete and services should return to normal later this month.

The practice has seven GPs, a team of nurses and other health staff as well as office workers.

Taybridgehead councillor Jonny Tepp said he was relieved to hear normality would be restored after a difficult period for Tayport patients.

“It was closed during the lockdown because it wasn’t suitable for use during the pandemic,” he said.

“It did reopen for a while but then they had a flood and closed again in the aftermath of that.

“Patients have had to travel through to Newport. There is a bus service but it’s quite lengthy and it’s not terribly frequent.

“We’ve been concerned about people having to wait for a bus when they’re poorly.”

Mr Tepp added: “I’m very pleased to hear they’re almost ready to reopen because I’ve been trying to find out what’s happening for some time.”

An NHS Fife spokesman said: “Tayview Medical Practice suffered considerable damage as a result of flooding in October 2021.

“Patient services were maintained throughout this closure from the practice’s other site in Newport-on-Tay.

“With remedial works and the subsequent refurbishment now nearing completion, the practice in Tayport is due to reopen later this month. We thank the patients for their understanding.”

Tayview Practice.