Local Services and Support

Utility emergencies and extra support

If there is immediate danger, call 999. For a gas leak or suspected carbon-monoxide emergency, leave the area if it is safe and call the gas emergency service. Do not use a naked flame or electrical switches.

• Gas emergency, including a gas smell: 0800 111 999 — free, 24 hours a day.
• Power cut or damaged electricity network: 105 — free, 24 hours a day. In central and southern Scotland, SP Energy Networks can also be reached on 0800 092 9290.
• Water or wastewater emergency: Scottish Water, 0800 0778 778 — free, 24 hours a day.

Priority Services Registers

A Priority Services Register is a free, confidential record held by a utility company so it can offer extra help if a supply is interrupted or when it needs to contact you. It can help people who are older, disabled, have a long-term health condition, use essential medical equipment, have sight, hearing, communication or mental-health needs, are pregnant, have young children, or need temporary support after illness, bereavement or a change in circumstances.

Support varies by company. It can include accessible information, a password scheme for doorstep visits, advance notice of planned interruptions where possible, outage updates, and help arranging water or reconnecting gas where appropriate. Registration does not guarantee a quicker repair or that supply will not be interrupted.

Register with each service you use:

• SP Energy Networks Priority Services Register for the electricity network, or call 0330 10 10 167.
• Scottish Water Priority Services Register, or call 0800 0778 778. Scottish Water says this service is free and confidential.
• Ask your gas and electricity suppliers to add you to their Priority Services Registers. If you have different suppliers, contact both; when you switch supplier, ask the new supplier to register you too.

Tell each provider about the help you need and update it if your circumstances change. If you rely on electrically powered medical equipment, make an emergency back-up plan with your care team or equipment provider.

Contacts and registration routes checked 18 September 2026. See SP Energy Networks, Scottish Water additional support and Ofgem’s guidance for current details.

Pharmacies, GPs and dentists

Contact your own practice for routine appointments, prescriptions and registration. Confirm current opening hours and whether new patients are being accepted directly with the service. Urgent help and crisis-support contacts are kept on their own page.

GP surgeries

These practices are based at Blantyre Health Centre, Victoria Street, G72 0BS. Call the practice you are registered with:

Auchinraith Medical Practice: 01698 823260.
Calderside Medical Practice: 01698 828868.
Victoria Medical Practice: 01698 826331.

When your GP is closed: for urgent medical help that cannot wait until the practice reopens, call NHS 24 on 111. Call 999 for a life-threatening emergency. Follow the practice website or recorded telephone message for closure arrangements.

Local pharmacies (chemists)

Boots, Blantyre Health Centre, 66 Victoria Street, G72 0BS: 01698 820112.
Rowlands Pharmacy, 268–272 Glasgow Road, G72 0YL: 01698 822500.
Gilbride Pharmacy, High Blantyre, 275 Main Street, G72 0DL: 01698 829618.
Well Pharmacy, Livingstone Boulevard, G72 0BP: 0141 233 0200.

For opening times, weekend and holiday cover, use Scotland’s Service Directory and phone before travelling. A pharmacy’s normal hours do not mean it provides an overnight service. If you need urgent help when services are closed, call 111.

Dental practices

Blantyre Family Dental Care, 3 Broompark Road, G72 0DP: 01698 829080.
Teethscene Blantyre, 76 Calder Street, G72 0AX: 01698 300107.
Smilescene Hamilton, 7 Livingston Boulevard, Blantyre, G72 0HT: 01698 829853.

Urgent dental problems: contact your own dentist during working hours. If you are not registered and need urgent dental advice during normal working hours, call the Dental Office Coathill on 01698 753673. For routine help finding a dentist, call 0300 303 0243. Outside normal working hours, call NHS 24 on 111. See NHS Lanarkshire’s dental-services guidance, urgent dental advice and its list of practices accepting new NHS patients.

Mental wellbeing: Lanarkshire Mind Matters

Lanarkshire Mind Matters is NHS Lanarkshire Adult Psychological Services’ website. It provides mental-health information, self-help resources and details of courses and support for issues such as stress, anxiety, low mood and sleep. Check each course’s access or referral arrangements. For immediate support, use our Urgent Help and Crisis Support page.

Contacts checked against NHS and provider information on 17 September 2026. Listings do not guarantee appointment availability or NHS registration.

South Lanarkshire Leisure: halls, courts and facilities

South Lanarkshire Leisure and Culture (SLLC) runs leisure and cultural services on behalf of the council. Use the relevant booking route below.

Sports courts, swimming and activities

Blantyre Leisure Centre, Glasgow Road, G72 0JS: 01698 727800 or blantyresports@southlanarkshireleisure.co.uk.

Use SLLC online booking for available activities. For court or sports-hall hire, group bookings or an activity you cannot find online, contact the centre to check availability and arrange the booking. The centre’s website also links to its pool and fitness timetables.

Community halls, meeting rooms and school lets

Browse SLLC’s facility and venue directory, then email schoolshallslets@southlanarkshireleisure.co.uk. For urgent booking enquiries, phone 01698 476247. SLLC aims to reply to email enquiries within five working days. Some venues take bookings directly; check the official booking instructions.

Give your preferred venue, date, start and finish times, activity, expected numbers and any accessibility or equipment requirements. Ask about current charges, set-up time and cancellation terms. School lets depend on availability outside school hours. Independently managed halls take bookings through their own operators.

Other facilities and reduced charges

For pitches, golf, outdoor sport and other activities, start with SLLC’s sport directory and contact the relevant facility. Check Leisure for All for concession eligibility before paying.

Booking contacts checked 17 September 2026. Prices and availability are set by the operator.