Carrickfergus Health Centre | Taylor's Avenue | Carrickfergus | Co. Antrim | BT38 7HT | Tel: 028 9331 5955

Northern Ireland GP Contract 2025/26

GPs partners in Northern Ireland voted overwhelmingly in favour of taking collective action for a better 2025/2026 contract offer. Next steps – referendum on collective action GP partners in Northern Ireland have voted overwhelmingly in favour of collective action, 98.7% of those who voted said they were willing to take collective action. NIGPC now urges GP partners to start taking at least one of the easy, safe and sustainable actions. Collective action will turn up the pressure on the Government to do the right thing for general practice and patients. We need more core funding to protect general practice. Go ...

SQP Team up with Versus Arthritis

Versus Arthritis Scotch Quarter Practice were delighted to team up with Versus Arthritis to offer a self management course held at Carrickfergus Amphitheatre: Click on link above ⇑ to book Allyson Dollin | Dr Nancy Conroy | Chris Carey pictured above. Click on the Opioid Medical Reduction Leaflet below for more information on pain management and Opioid Medication Reduction. You can now refer yourself to musculoskeletal physiotherapy without a visit to your GP. Click on the Online Self Referral Form below to complete online, or you can obtain a self referral form from both your GP Practice and your local ...

Belfast Health and Social Care Trust: Launch of PHONE FIRST Service for Adult Patients with Minor Injuries. Did you know, we’re launching a Phone First service for patients with minor injuries, effective from Tuesday 9 January. Download the leaflet, Phone First Guidance for more information.  (See also the FAQs):

About Our Practice

Scotch Quarter Practice is located in Carrickfergus Health Centre and covers an area within a three mile radius of the practice premises. There are sketch maps showing our location and practice area on the rear cover of this booklet.

Scotch Quarter Practice is an unlimited partnership and operates on a group basis. It provides General Medical Services to its practice population under the terms of a contract entered into with the Health & Social Care Board.

We are a training practice with two specialty trainee doctors at present. We also support placement of three Queen’s University 4th year Medical Students.

Disabled Facilities

Our Surgery is fully accessible for wheelchairs
There is also disabled toilet facilities
Hearing Air Loop System available at reception
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Scotch Quarter Practice: Patient Notice

Scotch Quarter Practice will be closed for Training on 17 September 2025 from 13:30pm – 17:30pm   
Please contact 028 9331 5834 for EMERGENCIES only

Thank you for your patience

IMPORTANT PATIENT NOTICE:

Due to our current clinical system provider ceasing to operate, Scotch Quarter Practice will move to a new computer system from Friday 5th December 2025. This will impact on services we can provide between 5th December  to 12th December.

  • Emergency Only Service Friday 5th December to Wednesday 10th December
  • Limited Appointments Thursday 11th December to Friday 12th December

If you have a prescription due between these dates you MUST order no later than 3rd December 2025. The practice will have no facility to process prescriptions until after the installation of our new system. If you are an online user you will receive an email notification from [email protected] on how to register for the new online system once fully operational – (this is not spam). You can continue to use online services until 28th November 2025. We have currently ceased new applications for online services.

Your patience and understanding is appreciated during this process.