Coll Medical Practice

The Partners

GPs Matthew Williams, Colette Williams, Kenny Deuchar and ANP Silvy Deuchar have taken over the running of Coll Medical Practice from 1st April 2025. Our partnership is strongly focused on family health. We will be providing clinical cover on the island regularly and also have trusted colleagues coming to the island to provide care for you, our patients. Our partnership will be a consistent point of contact for our patients and we endeavour to provide you with high quality and compassionate medical care 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year.

Practice Opening Hours

Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday from 9am to 12pm.

Please call during these hours for routine issues, prescriptions and results. Out with these hours, if you require medical attention please call the surgery phone number and you will be put through to the island clinician.

Extended-hours appointments are available on request — please speak to the surgery.

What3Words

All houses on the island have been allocated a What3Words location by the medical practice. This means when one of our patients calls for a home visit and you are at your usual home residence, we will know where to locate you. It is however helpful to please also download the what3words app. This is vital when locating a patient on the island if you are not at your usual home and you need more urgent treatment. The clinician you speak to will ask for your what3words location and if you have the information at first contact, it will help save time – Thank you

Download Here

If you have a life threatening emergency please call 999 and then the island clinician. It is important that the 999 emergency services are notified of any serious events happening on the island so they can start to mobilise a team to come and assist us.

Clinician of the Week

Dr Beth Thomas

Beth works as a salaried GP in the Carse, Errol in Tayside alongside a role in research exploring how health inequalities contribute to multiple health conditions. She has 2 children and enjoys running and cooking in her free time.

Next Week's Clinician

Dr Henry Hughes

Hi there, Henry Hughes here. I completed my medical degree (BM BCh) at the University of Oxford where I also did a BA in Medical Sciences. I’m a Member of the Royal College of General Practitioners (MRCGP 2026) and hold some extra qualifications in sexual and reproductive health (DFSRH 2019), pre-hospital care (Dip IMC), sport & exercise medicine (Dip SEM), and diving medicine (L2D).

I previously worked in the Royal Navy (RN) full time, working predominantly with the RN divers but also working on ships. I subsequently transferred to the Maritime Reserves where I continue to work as a GP. In addition to my clinical work, I really enjoy teaching and instruct on a number of courses as well as teaching Bristol medical students. I have also worked with sports team and as an expedition doctor.

I currently live in Bristol but have worked in Scotland frequently and love spending time up here. I like being active, outside, amongst nature, and by the sea; fortunately, these are all things that Scotland is great for!