The Treatment Room

The Practice Nurse is fully qualified to carry out health promotion, blood pressure checks, taking blood, immunisations, dressings, removal of sutures.

Our Practice Nurse also assists with minor surgery and other clinical procedures.

Consultations with the Practice Nurse are on an appointment basis only and can be booked with the receptionist. 

Please note that the treatment room is closed from 12noon on Tuesday and Fridays.

Child Immunisation Clinic

This clinic is run at 2pm on Tuesday and is for well babies. In view of the risk of infection to new babies we would ask you to arrange for the doctor to see your child in surgery if he/she is ill.

Minor Surgery

Drs Howe, Wilson and the Practice Based Physio perform a variety of minor surgical procedures and joint injections.  Please make an appointment with one of the doctors in the first instance for assessment.

Women's health

Clinic's for women's health problems and cervical smears take place on Wednesday and Friday afternoons. 

Alternatively the Family Planning Clinic is also able to conduct your smear.  Your smear results taken at the Family Planning Clinic will be shared with the Practice to ensure that your medical record is complete.  The Family Planning Clinic times are:

MONDAY

BANGOR HOSPITAL (028 91 454186) 9.00 - 11.30 AM & 5.00 - 7.00 PM

TUESDAY

NEWTOWNARDS HEALTH CENTRE (028 91 816666) 9.00 - 11.30 AM

BANGOR HOSPITAL (028 91 454186) 5.00 - 7.00 PM

THURSDAY

HOLYWOOD HEALTH CENTRE (028 90 426881) 2.00 - 4.00 PM

FRIDAY

BANGOR HOSPITAL (028 91 454186) 9.00 - 11.30 AM

Asthma & Diabetic Clinic

Regular clinics to detect and monitor chronic diseases such as asthma and diabetes are Practice Nurse and Pharmacist led.

Antenatal Clinic

Ante-natal clinics are held on Thursday afternoon at 2.00pm.  At this clinic you will be seen by the doctor and midwife.  Post-natal examinations are carried out by appointment 6 weeks after the birth of your baby.

Sexual Health Clinic

The practice provides an accessible and patient friendly asymptomatic STI testing to  patients over 16 years of age.  Please contact the surgery to arrange a sexual health appointment with our treatment nurse and please read the information leaflet below. If you require any further information contact the practice nurse on 028 91 452410.  

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Test Results

Please ring 028 9145 2410 between 10am and 5pm for your test results.

Note that the practice has a strict policy regarding confidentiality and data protection and we will only release test results to the person to whom they relate unless that person has given prior permission for the release of this data or they are not capable of understanding the results. We are unable to give test results over the counter in the Surgery.

When you take your test you will be told how long it will be before the results are returned to the practice.

It is your responsibility to check your results and to make an appointment to discuss them with your doctor if your are advised to do so.

We do not give the results of your tests at the reception desk, this is to protect your personal data and confidentiality.