Booking an Appointment
All of our doctors will help you deal with Acute and long-term health problems and illnesses. This will always involve advice on how you can help yourself, sometimes it will involve treatment in the surgery or medication, and at others referral to local hospitals may be necessary.
Patients can see the doctor of their choice and for ongoing and long-term health problems it is usually best to see the same doctor. However, when you need to see a doctor urgently it may not always be possible to see your usual doctor.
To book an appointment, please either:
- Call our main switchboard number - 024 76 266370.
- Visit reception in person.
You can Pre book an appointment 4 - 6 weeks in advance.
We make every effort to keep appointment times but there may be occasions when they overrun.
To Save Doctor Appointments - we have...
- Telephone appointments - to discuss results, queries and concerns.
- Minor illness clinics (Nurse lead)
- Use NHS Direct website / telephone for general health enquiries and travel vaccinations.
- Dental problems - your NHS dentist is contracted to treat you for emergency and routine dental care - if in doubt, contact
- PCT
- Emergency dental number
- NHS Direct
- Nurses - Routine pill checks, blood pressure, chronic disease checks, dressings, imminent travel vaccinations, ear syringing.
Nurse appointments
Our practice nurses are usually available to deal with the following:-
- Sore throats, Coughs and Colds, Rashes and Earache
- Cystitus and Urinary problems
- Heart, Diabetic. Asthma and Epilepsy reviews
- Imminisation and Travel vaccinations
- Ear syringing
- Oral contraception, Smear tests, “morning-after” pill, coil checks
- Womens Health/Mens Health issues
- Dietary advice and “stop smoking!”
This allows doctors more time to deal with more complicated issues and will often mean that you can get seen sooner – and shorten the waiting time for those needing to see a GP.