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Ordering of repeat prescriptions   Over many years as a Practice we have continued to accept repeat prescription requests by telephone for our patients. With increasing demand, due to rising patient numbers, rising prescription items and the complexity of medication regimes, there is now increasing evidence of safety issues caused by using telephone requests.   Safety of our patients is of paramount importance and following revised Department of Health guidance, we will therefore be reducing access to telephone requests from November 1 st 2019 with a planned withdrawal of this service from January1st 2020.   The repeat prescription line will be now be open from 10am to 3pm Monday-Friday daily. Please do not call outside of these hours for a repeat prescription. If this is the case you will be asked to call back the following day during the hours the line is open or you will be directed to other safer ways to request a repeat prescription.   During t

Due to vaccine supply issues caused by delays from the manufacturer and how the Department of Health have allocated supplies we unfortunately have to cancel our scheduled clinic for the 26th October 2019. Additionally we are unable to supply the intra-nasal spray vaccine given to children <18 years this Saturday 19th October 2019. Please do not bring your child  (2-18years) for flu vaccination this Saturday. We will be contacting patients who are affected and will inform patients when the vaccine is supplied to the practice to re-arrange their appointment. PLEASE NOTE:   We will providing vaccination  to all adults over 18 years in the at risk groups and the over 65 age group as planned on the 19th October 2019. If you are in either of these adult groups and were scheduled to attend on the 26th October please attend the session this Saturday 19th October instead to receive your vaccination. If you haven't yet booked into any clinic please do not attend on the 19th