Clinically Urgent Symptoms
What the Doctors consider to be clinically urgent symptoms, which will be added to the daily triage and dealt with by an appropriate clinician. Click the button below to download the leaflet for more information.
Triage Advice from the GP Partners
We ask patients to play their part in helping us to successfully manage rising patient demand and protect service capacity by considering other safe treatment options.
- Triage is available weekdays from 8.30 am until capacity is reached or by 10.30 am each day, whichever occurs first. The Triage GP is the person who decides when capacity is reached ensuring sufficient time remains to accommodate urgent matters that may arise during the remainder of the working day.
- At this point it is the sole decision of the patient as to whether their medical issue can wait until the next day or needs to be added to the triage as an urgent matter.
- A GP will assess the triage and the patient will be contacted before the end of the day with the GP’s decision on when and if the patient can be consulted.
- Please remember that community pharmacists can offer treatments and advice for many minor ailments and illnesses.
- Lots of self help, advice and information is also available through our monthly bulletin, website and face-book page.
Self-Care Forum Factsheets
These Factsheets give suggestion for being able to selfcare at home for common ailments. 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.
They provide patients with information around:
- What patients can expect to happen (the natural history)
- What people can do to help themselves – now and in the future
- When to seek medical help (the ‘red flags’)
- Where to find out more
Click the button below to find out more…
Minor Ailments Service:
Supporting Self Care
See our details on Self Care:Help Yourself
Urgent Dental Treatment
Click the button below for updated information.
Eyecare Assessment and Referral Service (NI Pears)
NI Pears is a service provided by most optometry practices for patients who develop a sudden eye problem such as: Red eye (s) Pain and/or discomfort in the eyes, or around the eye area – Sudden reduction in vision in one or both eyes – Recent onset or sudden increase of flashes and/or floaters in one or both eyes – Suspected foreign body in the eye. If you are unsure whether your symptoms qualify you for an NI PEARS examination please contact one of the practices who provide NI PEARS for advice.
Click the link below to see a full list of optometry practices who provide the service:
Impact
Mid & East Antrim Agewell Partnership (MEAAP) aims to improve the lives of older people aged 60 and over who have a chronic medical condition, or frailty issues and live on their own. Speak to a GP or Nurse to arrange a referral to the Community Impact Team. A support visit will then be arranged which can offer practical assistance and support in the community.
Alcohol Screening & MOT
knowyourlimits.info link is a useful website for patients and is supported by the Public Health Agency in Northern Ireland covering topics such as:
- Know your units
- Drinking guidelines
- Binge drinking
- How alcohol works
- About hangovers
- Tips for managing your drinking
- The effects of alcohol
- Women and alcohol
- Conception and pregnancy
- When not to drink
- Drinking myths
- Where to get help
It also includes a Unit Calculator and each of the Northern Ireland Drug and Alcohol Coordination Teams has produced a full directory of services available which provide alcohol counseling services (both voluntary and Trust led) which can be downloaded.
- Guidance on alcohol consumption and driving regulations specific to Northern Ireland is available at gov.uk/drink-drive-limit
- DVLA guidance on current medical standards of fitness to drive https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/at-a-glance
- Drug and Alcohol Directories of Services http://www.publichealth.hscni.net/publications/drug-and-alcohol-directories-services
Other Services we provide
- Alcohol screening & MOT
- Child health surveillance
- Contraceptive services (please click the link above relating to updated information on oral contraception failure risks with GLP-1 medication linked mostly to Mounjaro. The other GLP-1 medications don’t hold the same risks. Extra barrier protection or alternative LARC is required with Mounjaro up to 4 weeks after starting or following a change in dose.
- Dermatology Specialist
- Depression Counsellor
- Implanon Implants & Removal
- Maternity Services
- Minor surgery
- Travel Clinic
- Treatment Room
- Vaccinations and immunisations.
Contact Reception to arrange appointments or for further information on services available.
Minor Injuries Service is provided within the Practice for treatment of the following injuries:
a) Cuts capable of closure by simple technique
b) Minor dislocation of fingers/toes
c) Removal of foreign bodies
d) Non-penetrating eye foreign bodies
e) Following recent injury, not amenable to simple First Aid
f) Partial thickness burns or scalds, but not involving hands, feet, neck face or genital area
g) Minor soft tissue injuries which can be managed without need for X-ray amenable to simple First Aid
h) Any circumstance where medical intervention required to stabilise an injured patient prior to transfer to A&E
We are a Training Practice
Meadowbridge Surgery is a training practice and a patient may be offered an appointment with a GP Student Trainee or Medical Student from Queens University in their 5th or 4th year of training. Patient’s are assured that they will only see students with their consent, and will not be disadvantaged by refusing to have medical students involved in their care.