{"id":49,"date":"2024-05-15T16:12:38","date_gmt":"2024-05-15T15:12:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.communitypharmacy.scot.nhs.uk\/nhs-highland\/nhs-borders\/public-holidays-2024-25\/"},"modified":"2026-05-22T14:47:53","modified_gmt":"2026-05-22T13:47:53","slug":"public-holidays-2024-25","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.communitypharmacy.scot.nhs.uk\/nhs-highland\/pages\/public-holidays-2024-25\/","title":{"rendered":"Public Holidays 2026-27"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>This section provides details of upcoming public holidays and the associated opening arrangements for community pharmacies across NHS Highland.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Public holiday provision is essential to ensure continued access to pharmaceutical care during periods when routine services may be reduced. Contractors are required to adhere to agreed opening hours and ensure appropriate arrangements are in place to support patient access.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Please refer to the information below for confirmed public holiday dates and pharmacy opening hours. Contractors will be notified of any changes or additional requirements via the weekly mailing and other communication channels where necessary.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Friday 3rd April&nbsp;2026<br><\/strong>Good Friday<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Monday 6th April&nbsp;2026<br><\/strong>Easter Monday:&nbsp;<em>only&nbsp;<\/em>Argyll and Bute area and Highland GP practices<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Monday 4th May 2026<br><\/strong>Early May Bank Holiday<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Monday 25th May&nbsp;2026<br><\/strong>May holiday:&nbsp;<em>only&nbsp;<\/em>Argyll and Bute GP practices<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Friday 3rd July&nbsp;2026<br><\/strong>July holiday:&nbsp;<em>only&nbsp;<\/em>Highland GP practices<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Monday 20th July&nbsp;2026<br><\/strong>July holiday:&nbsp;<em>only&nbsp;<\/em>Argyll and Bute GP practices<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Monday 3rd August&nbsp;2026<br><\/strong>Summer Bank Holiday:&nbsp;<em>only<\/em>&nbsp;Highland area<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Monday 28th September 2026<br><\/strong>Autumn Bank Holiday:&nbsp;<em>only&nbsp;<\/em>Argyll and Bute area<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Friday 16th October 2026<br><\/strong>Autumn Bank Holiday:&nbsp;<em>only<\/em>&nbsp;Highland area<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Friday 25th December 2026<br><\/strong>Christmas Day<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Monday 28th December 2026<br><\/strong>Public Holiday<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Friday 1st January 2027<br><\/strong>New Year&#8217;s Day<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Monday 4th January 2027<br><\/strong>Public Holiday<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":15,"menu_order":16,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-49","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.communitypharmacy.scot.nhs.uk\/nhs-highland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/49","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.communitypharmacy.scot.nhs.uk\/nhs-highland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.communitypharmacy.scot.nhs.uk\/nhs-highland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.communitypharmacy.scot.nhs.uk\/nhs-highland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.communitypharmacy.scot.nhs.uk\/nhs-highland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=49"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.communitypharmacy.scot.nhs.uk\/nhs-highland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/49\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2287,"href":"https:\/\/www.communitypharmacy.scot.nhs.uk\/nhs-highland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/49\/revisions\/2287"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.communitypharmacy.scot.nhs.uk\/nhs-highland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.communitypharmacy.scot.nhs.uk\/nhs-highland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}