The Surgery will be closed on:

• Thursday 25 December 2025
• Friday 26 December 2025
• Thursday 01 January 2026

During this period, if you require medical attention, please contact Dalriada out of Hours Service on: 028 2566 3500.

Medications should be ordered in a timely manner. Please allow up to 3 working days for your prescription to be delivered to the Chemist.

Vaccination remains the best form of defence against severe illness, hospitalisation, and death as a result of COVID-19. The COVID-19 vaccination  is aimed at protecting the most vulnerable in our society.

Appointments for Covid vaccination clinics will be available to book from mid  September on line or via reception.

Eligible Patients are:

• all adults aged 75 years and over; born before 31 March 1951.
• residents in a care home for older adults (in NI this will apply to all residents of a care home for older adults);
• individuals aged 6 months and over who are immunosuppressed

Unlike in previous autumn campaigns, adults aged 65 to 74 years of age and  people aged under 65 years of age with underlying medical conditions,  including pregnant women (apart from those who are immunosuppressed) will  not be eligible for Covid vaccination.

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Urinary Tract Infection (UTI): Do you have an of the following urinary symptoms?

• Passing urine more often at night?
• Cloudy Urine?
• Burning pain when passing urine?

Ask your Pharmacist first for advice, test and treatment (if needed) without having to contact your GP.

Pharmacy First for Sore Throat: Save time and avoid waiting to see a GP, ask you Pharmacist FIRST for free and confidential advice, test and treatment for sore throat.

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School Nursing Teams work across the Trust, both in and out of school, to help provide advice and support to improve health & wellbeing through a universal service for all children 5 – 19 years. Your school nurse will share lots of information including:

• Maintaining health and development
• Emotional health and wellbeing
• Hearing/Vision
• Immunisations
• Keeping safe
• Healthy lifestyles
• Smoking/Drugs/Alcohol

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Child nasal flu appointments are available to book for pre-school children aged  from two years of age, born between 2nd July 2021 and 1st Sept 2024. Appointments are available to book online or via telephone after 9.30am any  morning.

Appointments for the Flu vaccine will be available to book from mid September for all patients aged 65 years and over born on or before 31st March 1961 and for those in an AT RISK group.

In 2025/26, healthy 5-64 year olds will NOT be eligible for the flu vaccination.

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A pressure ulcer is sore damaged skin. Pressure ulcers happen when something presses into or rubs against your skin. It is important to move around to help your skin stay healthy.

Pressure ulcers often start on bony parts of your body. For example:

• Tailbones
• Hips
• Heels
• Elbows

These parts of your body can press into the skin from the inside.

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Strokes claim the lives of around 1,000 people each year in Northern Ireland. The Public Health Agency (PHA) is reminding prople to ‘think FAST’ if they suspect someone is having a stroke.

• Knowing and managing your personal risk factors such as:
  • High blood pressure
  • Diabetes
  • Atrial Fibrillation (irregular heart beat)
  • High blood cholesterol
• Exercising regularly and maintaining a health weight
• Reducing alcohol consumption
• Stopping smoking

PHA are currently accepting requests for sessional vaccinator support for the following:

• Shingles
• RSV
• Pneumococcal

Vaccination Clinics to be held in January, February and March 2026. They will also be recruiting and training new sessional vaccinators during the remainder of 2025 and into early 2026, so that they can support more vaccination Clinics. If you are aware of anyone who would like to join our bank of sessional vaccinators, this will shortly be advertised on the HSCNI jobs website.

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An outlook of work output throughout the month of November by all Practice Staff:

Telephone Statistics:

• 8,518 Incoming telephone calls to the Practice
• 1 minute 04 seconds average patient wait time once in the queue

Daily Triage Areas:

• 45 patient home visits by a GP
• 3,645 Face to Face appointments
• 2,492 triage call back to patients

Appointments Booked and Not Attended:

• 185 – these are appointments that have been wasted and could have been offered to another patient

Administration Tasks:

• 2,311 Hospital letters actioned by Practice Staff
• 16,087 General admin tasks by Clinical and Admin Team
• 5,326 Prescriptions issued
• 2,380 Patient results reviewed

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Connect North can connect you to beneficial services and supports within your community to address your practical, social or emotional needs.

Come along to a Connect North Drop-in session:

• Greenisland Library: Monday 08 December 10:00am to 12noon
• Whitehead Library: Tuesday 16 December 10:30am to 12:30pm

You can also contact your local Connect North Link Worker who will be happy to help:

• Darryn Rea:
  • 078 5527 0787
  • [email protected]
  • Find us on facebook and X @ConnectNorthSP

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Agewell once again hosted a successful Rapid Rundown event, which played host to twenty organisations presenting in just two minutes each! This online event showcased the amazing variety of support there is available in Mid and East Antrim for Older People.

You can watch the video by clicking the link below:

• Rapid Rundown Video

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