{"id":60,"date":"2024-05-15T17:16:18","date_gmt":"2024-05-15T16:16:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.communitypharmacy.scot.nhs.uk\/nhs-lothian\/nhs-borders\/public-holidays\/"},"modified":"2026-01-05T15:34:45","modified_gmt":"2026-01-05T15:34:45","slug":"public-holidays","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.communitypharmacy.scot.nhs.uk\/nhs-lothian\/pages\/public-holidays\/","title":{"rendered":"Public Holidays"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>2026<\/strong>:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Thursday 1st&nbsp;January 2026&nbsp;&#8211; New Year&#8217;s Day<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Friday 2nd January 2026&nbsp;&#8211; Public Holiday<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Friday 3rd&nbsp;April 2026&nbsp;&#8211; Good Friday<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Monday 6th&nbsp;April 2026&nbsp;&#8211; Easter Monday<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Monday 4th&nbsp;May 2026&nbsp;\u2013 May Day<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Monday&nbsp;14th September&nbsp;2026&nbsp;&#8211; Public Holiday<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Friday&nbsp;25th December 2026&nbsp;&#8211; Christmas Day<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Monday 28th December 2026&nbsp;&#8211; Boxing Day<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2027:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Friday 1st&nbsp;January 2027&nbsp;&#8211; New Year&#8217;s Day<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Monday 4th&nbsp;January 2027&nbsp;&#8211; Public Holiday<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Actions for Community Pharmacies<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>On public holiday days, please direct patients to the nearest open pharmacy by displaying information at the entrance to your pharmacy.&nbsp;There is a&nbsp;suggested template below:<br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.communitypharmacy.scot.nhs.uk\/media\/1491\/your-nearest-pharmacy-sign.docx\">https:\/\/www.communitypharmacy.scot.nhs.uk\/media\/1491\/your-nearest-pharmacy-sign.docx<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.communitypharmacy.scot.nhs.uk\/nhs-lothian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/Community-Pharmacy-Bank-Holiday-Checklist-2025.docx\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.communitypharmacy.scot.nhs.uk\/nhs-lothian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/Community-Pharmacy-Bank-Holiday-Checklist-2025.docx\">Public Holiday Checklist and Festive Opening Hours 25\/26<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Last updated 05\/01\/26 JN<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p class=\"nhsuk-card__description\">2026: 2027: Actions for Community Pharmacies On public holiday days, please direct patients to the nearest open pharmacy by displaying [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":15,"menu_order":24,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-60","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.communitypharmacy.scot.nhs.uk\/nhs-lothian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/60","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.communitypharmacy.scot.nhs.uk\/nhs-lothian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.communitypharmacy.scot.nhs.uk\/nhs-lothian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.communitypharmacy.scot.nhs.uk\/nhs-lothian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.communitypharmacy.scot.nhs.uk\/nhs-lothian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=60"}],"version-history":[{"count":18,"href":"https:\/\/www.communitypharmacy.scot.nhs.uk\/nhs-lothian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/60\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":998,"href":"https:\/\/www.communitypharmacy.scot.nhs.uk\/nhs-lothian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/60\/revisions\/998"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.communitypharmacy.scot.nhs.uk\/nhs-lothian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.communitypharmacy.scot.nhs.uk\/nhs-lothian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=60"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}