Routine Appointments
To try to ease congestion and to help patients get through on the phone we will book routine appointments on 3 days of the week as follows;
- Contact us on Monday to book a routine appointment for Tuesday or Wednesday
- Contact us on Wednesday to book a routine appointment for Thursday or Friday
- Contact us on Friday to book a routine appointment for Monday
Urgent Appointments
Urgent appointments will be available for booking every day. These will be for patients whose medical problem requires an examination, treatment etc from the doctor on the same day. These appointments are to ensure that the sickest patients get the care they need promptly.
We thankyou for reading this notice and for your co-operation with these necessary changes.
All patients, staff and visitors must wear a mask during their time in the Health Centre, unless a exemption has been agreed with the doctor in advance. Your co-operation is appreciated as we try to keep all of our vulnerable patients safe, and protect the medical and nursing staff so they can continue to care for all of our patients.
Doctors
Dr Eamon Doohan, Dr Mary McClay, Dr Nicola Duffy, Dr John McLaughlin, Dr Paula Sharkey, Dr Ciara McLaughlin, Dr Sarah Grant & Dr Damilola Akinrinsola.
Practice History
The practice was founded in 1948 by Dr Joseph Devlin, now sadly deceased and was originally located at 49 Great James Street, Derry. The first long-term partner was Dr Tom Casey who stayed with the practice for 15 years. When Dr Casey left in 1963 a group practice was formed with Drs T McCabe, Donal MacDermott (both now sadly deceased) and R McClean.
Dr Joseph Devlin retired in February 1979 and his son Dr Martin Devlin then joined the practice. The practice moved to new purpose-built premises in Great James Street Health Centre in April 1981.
Over the next 17 years, Dr Anne Doherty, Dr Eamon Doohan and Dr Lee Casey joined the practice. Dr Samson joined in 1981 and retired in April 2000, when he was replaced by Dr Mary McClay. Dr Conor White joined in 1983 and retired in 2009. Both Dr Samson and Dr White are now sadly deceased.
In 2010 two new partners joined the practice, Dr Nicola Duffy joined in April, followed by Dr Ciara McLaughlin in October of that year. Dr Devlin retired in 2013. In 2014 Dr John McLaughlin joined the Practice. In March 2016, Dr Ciara McLaughlin left the Practice to take up a post with HSCB. Dr Casey left the Practice in March 2019.
In October 2019 Dr Paula Sharkey joined the Practice as a new partner and Dr Ciara McLaughlin returned as a partner, she still works part-time with the HSCB.
In March 2020 Dr Anne Doherty retired as a partner, however she still continues to work in the practice as a regular locum.
In April 2022 Dr Sarah Grant joined the Practice as a new partner.
In July 2023 Dr Damilola Akinrinsola joined the Practice as a new partner.
The geographical area covered by the practice is a ten mile radius of the practice premises on the northern side of the border.
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Más mian leat, is féidir leat dul i gcomhairle le cheann de na dochtúirí trí mhéan na Ghaeilge. Abair le dhuine de na faílteoirí agus ba bhréa linn é a chur ar bun.
Ordering Prescriptions Online
Online ordering is the preferred method for requesting repeat medication. You can do this through our secure system at www.patient-services.co.uk
To do this you need to register by contacting the practice. Once your registration account is created we will email an activation code to you. You will be able to use the system to request repeat medication as required. Please phone or email to request a registration form.
If you already have an online account visit www.patient-services.co.uk/web/ps/welcome to access Patient Services.
Telephone Calls To The Practice
In order to reduce the number of people trying to get through to the surgery at any one time, we would ask that all patients observe the following times when ringing the surgery:
8.30am to 9.00am |
Requests for house calls and urgent matters. |
9.00am to 5.00pm |
Routine matters - telephone consultations, test results, enquiries etc
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5.00pm to 6.00pm |
Requests for urgent matters |
9.00am to 11.00am |
Requests for acute (ie 'one off') prescriptions - will be ready at 4.30pm same day
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Procedure For Contacting The Practice By Telephone
Dial (028) 7137 8522 and a recorded message will prompt you to:
Press 1 for Telephone Consultations
Press 2 for Housecalls.
Press 3 for Anything else
Please note that we only take Urgent calls between 8.30am to 9.00am and 1.00pm to 2.00pm. Routine calls should not be made at these times.
**Daily changes may be necessary depending on demand for our service and the availability of doctors at short notice (ie if doctors have to isolate due to covid as health care workers are not allowed to come to work if they are in contact with a covid case). Our phone message will advise you of changes**