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**ATTENTION - NEW COMPUTER SYSTEM**

Between Friday 27th June 2025 and Friday 4th July 2025 Maghera Medical Centre will be changing clinical system. This will have a major impact and disruption to our normal services and we will therefore be working on an emergency/urgent capacity only.

These changes will affect services such as routine appointments (eg non urgent bloods / diagnostics / urine samples), requests for repeat and non urgent medicines and enquiries for records, sick lines and medical certificates.

We recommend that you use your local community pharmacy 'Pharmacy First' scheme if you have any illness/ailments which fit into their free service over this time to reduce pressure on the Practice and to ensure you get the care and treatment you require.

https://online.hscni.net/our-work/pharmacy-and-medicines-management/community-pharmacy-services/pharmacy-first/

We apologise in advance for the disruption this may cause and we thank you for your support and understanding.

BANK HOLIDAYS 2025

The Medical Centre will be closed on the following dates:

Monday 17th March 

Monday 21st & Tuesday 22nd April 

Monday 5th May 

Monday 26th May 

Monday 14th July 

Monday 25th August 

Thursday 25th & Friday 26th December 

If you need a doctor in an emergency during these times, please contact 

Dalriada Urgent Care on 02825663500

PLEASE ENSURE YOU ORDER YOUR REPEAT PRESCRIPTION IN GOOD TIME TO ENSURE

YOU DO NOT RUN OUT OF YOUR MEDICINES WHEN THE SURGERY IS CLOSED.

To register with the practice you must have a permanent address within an 8 mile radius of Maghera Medical Centre

Any existing patients who CHANGE address to a new address outside the radius will be asked to re-register with a GP practice closer to them

                     SEE BELOW LINK TO FILL IN AND PRINT OUT SELF CERTIFICATES

https://public-online.hmrc.gov.uk/lc/content/xfaforms/profiles/forms.html?contentRoot=repository:///Applications/PersonalTax_iForms/1.0/SC2&template=SC2.xdp

Cervical Screening

A new video that shows women what to expect when they attend for cervical screening has been produced by the Public Health Agency.  The video is on the Northern Ireland Cancer Screening Programme's website at the following link:

http://www.cancerscreening.hscni.net/2179.htm

ARE YOU A CARER?

Please inform the practice if you are a carer so that you can be added to our register

NEW WEBSITE

Want to know where to access local social support services for you and your family - please visit the following website

www.familysupportni.gov.uk

Confidentiality

confidential_fileThe practice complies with Data Protection and Access to Medical Records legislation. Identifiable information about you will be shared with others in the following circumstances:

  • To provide further medical treatment for you e.g. from district nurses and hospital services.
  • To help you get other services e.g. from the social work department. This requires your consent.
  • When we have a duty to others e.g. in child protection cases
  • Anonymised patient information will also be used at local and national level to help the Health Board and Government plan services e.g. for diabetic care.

If you do not wish anonymous information about you to be used in such a way, please let us know.

Reception and administration staff require access to your medical records in order to do their jobs. These members of staff are bound by the same rules of confidentiality as the medical staff.


Freedom of Information

The ICO has published a new Model Publication Scheme that all public authorities are required to adopt.

Model Publication Scheme - further information

 
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