Information

Treatment room

The treatment room is run by the Southern Health and Social Care Service. Nurses are available 08.30am-12:30pm & 4:30pm-5:30pm, Thursday 08.30am-10:30am. Appointments by booking with reception only.

Practice Nurses

We have 2 practice nurses running chronic disease clinics as well as offering health checks, travel advice and cervical smears.

District Nurses

District Nurses visit patients who require nursing care in their homes. They can be contacted by telephone Mon-Fri 9.00-16.30 on 028 375 63835. Leave a message if not available. Emergency contact number at other times 07730714134.

District Midwife

The district midwife attends the antenatal clinic and also visits recently delivered mothers. Contact on 02840 623 306.

Health Visitor

Health visitors are based at Gilford Health Centre. They are involved with health promotion and screening. They see patients in their own home and at clinics. Contact telephone 028 375 63834.

Pharmacist

Based at the Health Centre and providing Medication Reviews, BP checks and new patient registrations

CBT Counsellor

Based at the Health Centre and working on a referral basis from our GPs we have a CBT counsellor offering therapy and support to suitable patients.

Reception Team

Our Reception/Admin office team  provides an important link for patients with the Practice and are your initial contact point for general enquiries. They can provide information on services and results and direct you to the right person depending on your health issue or query. Our office team make most of the patient appointments with the GPs and nurses. They also perform other important tasks such as issuing repeat prescriptions and dealing with prescription enquiries,, dealing with patient records and carrying out searches and practice audits. All our team members are highly trained to help our patients with their queries. Other tasks that the team carry out include helping manage the vast amount of paperwork required to run a GP practice which include dealing with insurance reports, incoming mail, new registrations and managing vaccination schedules.