Opening times, making appointments and what to do when we are closed

Drs Hutchinson, Russell & Ryan
The Health Centre
Linenhall Street
Lisburn
BT28 1LU
Tel: 028 9260 3111

News:

Out of Hours
LAGANDOC, the local out of hours provider, looks after the urgent needs of patients from 6.00 pm to 8.30 am weekdays, and 24 hours at weekends and bank holidays.

Appointments
Appointments can be made through reception. Telephone 028 9260 3111. Normal appointments are for 10 minutes only and cannot accommodate two people unless agreed by the doctor.

Test Results
If you are requesting results please telephone 028 9260 3111 between 9.30 am and 5.30 pm. Please advise the receptionist which test you are enquiring about.

PPG - Events

Sponsored Walk Thursday 13/05/10 H'boro Forest Park 7.00 pm start - meet 6.45 pm in car park.

Sponsorship forms available from practice.

Announcements

01 Sep - 01 Oct
NHS Smokefree

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01 Aug - 01 Oct
NHS Summer Health

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01 Jul - 01 Oct
Change for Life

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BBC Health

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Research into age-related illness

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'Big drop' in alcohol consumption

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Urine wanted to test odour device

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Yahoo Health

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WHO wants faster, more flu vaccine production (AP)

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AP - The vaccine used to contain the recent swine flu pandemic was effective, but health authorities will need to ramp up the speed and volume of production during the next global outbreak, a World Health Organization official said Monday.

Expert warns of complacency after swine flu fizzle (AP)

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Clinical Trials Update: Sept. 3, 2010 (HealthDay)

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MedPage Today

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Surgery Times

Appointments

Out of Hours

Home Visits

Improved Access

Opening Hours

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	Opening Times
Monday	08:30 - 18:00
Tuesday	08:30 - 18:00
Wednesday	08:30 - 18:00
Thursday	08:30 - 18:00
Friday	08:30 - 18:00
Saturday	closed

Consulting Times

	Morning	Afternoon
Monday	09:00 - 10:30	16:00 - 17:20
Tuesday	09:00 - 10:30	16:00 - 17:20
Wednesday	09:00 - 10:30	no appts
Thursday	09:00 - 10:30	16:00 - 17:20
Friday	09:00 - 10:30	16:00 - 17:20
Saturday	closed	closed

Appointments

doc baby To make an appointment, please telephone reception (028 9260 3111) between 8.30 am and 6.00 pm.

Normal appointments are for 10 minutes only and cannot accommodate two people unless agreed by the doctor.

Patients are registered with the Practice rather than an individual doctor. You may consult with any of the doctors by making a routine appointment. When making an appointment, you can express a preference for a particular doctor. If your specified doctor is fully booked or unavailable due to absence, this will be explained to you and you will be offered an appointment with one of the other doctors.

Interpreter services are available for patients whose first language is not English and for patients who have a hearing impairment. Requests for these services should be made through reception at the time of booking your appointment.

Urgent Problems

Urgent appointments are available every day and should be requested as soon as possible after 8.30 am. This will be with the first available doctor and may not be with the doctor of your choice. Please use this service with consideration. Try not to ask the doctor about problems which are unrelated or can wait.

Treatment Room

Nursing services are provided in Treatment Room 1 on Level 2. The Treatment Room is open during Practice opening hours except for Wednesday afternoon when it closes at 11.45 am. The nurses are available for taking blood samples, taking urine samples, checking blood pressure, giving injections, dressing wounds and removing sutures etc. Referral is usually by the GP.

Out of Hours

LAGANDOC, the local out of hours provider, looks after the urgent needs of patients from 6.00 pm to 8.30 am weekdays, and 24 hours at weekends and bank / public holidays.

To access this service please telephone 028 9260 2204

Home Visits

If, because of the severity of your illness or disability, you are unable to get to the surgery and need a home visit, please telephone reception before 11.00 am.

The receptionist will ask you a few details to allow the doctors to assess the urgency of the visit. Home visits are for patients who are not well enough to come to the surgery.

Please be advised that difficulties with transport or childcare arrangements are not valid reasons for home visits.

Improved Access

The Practice now offers access to the doctors or Practice Nurse within two working days. Requests should be made in the usual way through Reception. It should be noted that this may not be with the GP / Nurse of your choice and may take the form of a telephone consultation.

Practice Information

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