We will be CLOSED for the festive season on the following dates: ~Thursday 25 December 2025 (Christmas Day)~Friday 26 December 2025 (Boxing Day)~Thursday 01 January 2026 (New Years Day) Please ensure you have ordered and collected all medications in good time before the closure date. When closed, if you need to speak to someone about […]
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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
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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
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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
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Download the Patient Leaflets below for more information Measles can cause serious complications, such as pneumonia, meningitis, blindness and seizures. After a 30-fold increase in measles cases in Europe in 2023, increased rates of measles in the UK suggest that we may see a significant increase in the number of cases here too. This is partly
RSV is a common respiratory virus that that can cause serious lung infections. While RSV infection can occur at any age, the risk and severity of RSV and its complications are increased in older adults and in neonates and small babies, and it has a considerable impact on individuals and NHS services during the winter
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Belfast health and Social Care Trust: Coughs and Colds Click here for more information Coughs and colds are extremely common in young children. Over the first year of life, your child is likely to have up to eight of these episodes. Coughing is the body’s natural way of clearing infection. Most of these are likely
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Meningitis: Am I at Risk? Symptoms to Watch out for The first symptoms are usually: fever vomiting headache feeling unwell Red ticks show symptoms that are more specific to meningitis and septicaemia and less common in milder illnesses. Limb pain, pale skin and cold hands and feet often appear earlier than the rash, neck stiffness,
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Think Measles Leaflet www.nidirect.gov.uk/mmr Symptoms to Watch Out For: High Fever Runny Nose Cough Aching/feeling unwell Sore Red Eyes Rash If you or your child have not had two doses of the MMR vaccine, you could catch measles. If you think you have measles, please inform reception staff immediately so you can be seen in
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.
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.