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

Midwife appointments are held at the Moyle Hospital, Larne. Patients can arrange appointments by contacting the booking office on 02828266189. An initial appointment with the Midwife will be between 16-18 weeks gestation. This appointment can be brought forward if pregnancy complications occur or if assistance is required with self referral to the Hospital.

Electronic Self-Referral(see leaflet for more details) for pregnancy with online interactive resources. As soon as you have had a positive pregnancy test you can refer yourself directly for Maternity Care in the Northern Health and Social Care Trust. Use a link to the hospital of your choice below:

  • Antrim Area Hospital Maternity Referral
  • Lagan Valley & Ulster Hospital Maternity Referrals
  • Mater or Jubilee Hospital Referral (see leaflets below for more details)

Referral can be posted or emailed directly to the hospital (details available on the form) and upon receipt of a referral the hospital will offer an initial booking appointment between 10-14 weeks gestation.

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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.