Services and Information

This service is available to anyone over 65 years of age and living in the Southern Trust Area who is struggling to complete daily living tasks independently and/or feels isolated or lonely and would like connected to local support services.

 

A relative and/or carer can contact on the patients behalf.  Through this, patients can access various services including social work input, occupational therapy and incontinence services.

 

Telephone numbers:

028 37 564 300 (Monday - Friday  9.00am-5.00pm)

 

028 9504 9999 (Out of Hours)

If you require an interpreter, this can be arranged via the receptionist.  Please allow 7-10 working days for the arrangement of this service.  In the case of an emergency, please bring a family member or friend with you to act as an interpreter for you.

On a daily basis we get a large number of requests for notes/letters for PIP applications and appeals.  This creates a large volume of work which increases the workload of our administration staff and takes our doctors away from seeing patients.  Our experience is, that the medical notes are unlikely to help with your application, as points are awarded to how your medical conditions affect your ability to do activities of daily living, (washing, dressing, walking etc), and not on the medical conditions themselves.  Your medical records are unlikely to hold this key information which will help with your application.

 

 PRIVATE FEE LIST                                                                                                                                

 Non-NHS Services

The NHS does not pay for some of the services we provide.  These include private sick notes, insurance forms, holiday cancellation forms, medical reports, fitness to travel certificates, private prescriptions and some vaccination services.  Our fees for these services, which are in line with BMA approved national guidelines, are displayed below.

Private certificates/examinations are discretionary, and the practice may elect not to undertake the provision of the requested report.

Description	Fee
·        Straightforward certificates of fact	£20
·        Private sick note (incapacity certificate) required by patient for presentation to an employer except for those which the doctor is obliged to provide for statutory sick pay purposes	£40
·        Accident or sickness insurance certificate - short certificate of incapacity without examination for patient to claim under accident or sickness insurance	£40
·        Freedom from infection certificate, e.g. for school, travel, or employment	£40
·        Validation of private medical insurance (PMI) claim form, to support a claim for benefit in connection with private medical insurance, or completion of a pre-treatment form.	£40
·        Health club brief written report to certify that a patient is fit for exercise (needs examination to be meaningful)	£50
·        School fees and holiday insurance certificates	£40
·        Extract from records	£50
·        Report on a pro forma, no examination (e.g. 20 minutes)	£70
·        Written report without examination, providing a detailed opinion and statement on the condition of the patient (e.g. 30 minutes)	£120
·        Work in surgery, indicating time element where appropriate	£170
·        Medical examination and report in surgery (e.g. 45 minutes)	£135
·        Completion of Child minder health form	£91
·        Driving licence medical (excluding optometry exam)	£100
·        GP report for insurance applicants	£150
·        GP supplementary reports	£20 - £150

 

           

Out of Hours:  028 3839 9201

 

Access and Information: 028 3756 4300

Social Services: 028 3832 7824

 

Health Visitor: 028 3832 7824

Midwife: 028 3834 1210

Community Psychiatric Nurse: 028 3834 7537

District Nursing - Lurgan: 028 3756 0222

District Nursing - Gilford: 028 3756 3835

District Nursing - Banbridge: 028 4062 0045

 

Macmillan Nurse: 028 3832 2597

Macmillan Support and Information Centre: 028 9069 9201

Marie Curie Cancer Care: 028 9088 2000

 

Craigavon Area Hospital: 028 3833 4444

Lurgan Hospital: 028 3832 7824

Royal Victoria Hospital: 028 9024 0503

Belfast City Hospital: 028 9032 9241

Musgrave Park Hospital: 028 9090 2000

South Tyrone Hospital: 028 8772 2821

Ulster Hospital, Dondonald: 028 9048 4511

Daisy Hill Hospital: 028 3083 5000

 

Ulster Independent Private Clinic: 028 9066 1212

Hillsborough Private Clinic: 028 9268 8899

St John's Hospice, Newry: 028 3026 7711

 

Clear Pharmacy, Donaghcloney: 028 3882 0410

Clear Pharmacy, Waringstown: 028 3888 2402

 

AIDS Helpline: 028 9032 6117

Alcoholics Anonymous:  028 3832 1260

Area Health Promotion Unit: 028 3752 2341

Blossom Sure Start:  028 3833 7455

CMAC (Marriage Guidance): 028 3833 4781

Citizens Advice Bureau:  028 3835 3260

Drugs Dependency Unit:  028 3752 2381

Health & Social Care Board:  0300 555 0115

Lifeline Helpline:  0808 808 8000

NSPCC Child Protection Helpline: 0800 800 500

Parents Advice Centre: 0808 8010 722

P.I.P.S Hope and Support Public Initiative for the Prevention of Suicide and Self Harm:  028 3831 0151

Rape Crisis Association: 038 9032 6803

RELATE (Marriage Guidance): 028 9032 3454

Samaritans:  028 3833 3555

Sexually Transmitted Disease Clinic, Belfast: 028 9089 4777

Star Helpline (Child Abuse): 0800 662 662

Ulster Pregnancy Advisory Service: 028 9032 1345