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If you suspect that you have the Coronavirus, please do not go to a GP surgery, pharmacy or hospital.
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Welcome to Oakleaf Medical Practice

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Clinics & Services

We offer a range of clinics and services at the practice.
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Home Visits

We offer home visits to patients who are housebound or too ill to attend the surgery.
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Welcome To Oakleaf Medical Practice

COVID-19

During this difficult time we may not be able to see most patients face-to-face, however there are many medical issues that can be dealt with over the phone, or by using Zoom, Messenger or Facetime for video consultations. If you need medical care please contact the Practice on 02871378522 - the receptionist will ask you for some information about your problem so the doctor or nurse can decide on the best way to help you. We recommend that you download Zoom onto your smart phone if you can if you are expecting video consultation with the doctor or nurse. Your co-operation is appreciated at this time.

Vulnerable patients or families having difficulty during COVID restrictions

If you are having difficulty in managing daily living due to self isolation or 'shielding' (staying indoors due to medical risks) please contact the Practice on 02871378522 to see if we can help you. Patients who received a shielding letter earlier this year should take extra care and continue to follow health service advice.

Our Practice Counsellor may be able to offer a telephone consultation if you are feeling anxious about COVID-19.

Doctors

Dr Eamon Doohan, Dr Mary McClay, Dr Nicola Duffy, Dr John McLaughlin, Dr Paula Sharkey & Dr Ciara McLaughlin

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

The geographical area covered by the practice is a ten mile radius of the practice premises on the northern side of the border.

BA BHRÉA LINN GAEILGE ALABHAIRT

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.

Book Appointments and Order Prescriptions Online

You can book and cancel your appointments and request repeat medication on-line 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 you will need to come into the surgery with your passport or driving licence so that your account can be activated. You will be able to use the system to book and cancel appointments and request repeat medication as required. Please complete an application form available from reception.

If you already have your password then you can click the link below 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:

8.30-10.00am	Requests for HOUSE CALLS and URGENT APPOINTMENTS.
10.00am-5.00pm	ROUTINE APPOINTMENTS, TEST RESULTS, ENQUIRIES etc

10.00-11.00am	Requests for ACUTE (ie 'one off') PRESCRIPTIONS Requests for ACUTE PRESCRIPTIONS
2.00-3.00pm

Procedure For Contacting The Practice By Telephone

Dial (028) 7137 8522 and a recorded message will prompt you to:
Press 1 for Appointments.
Press 2 for Housecalls.
Press 3 for Anything else

Please note that we only take Urgent calls between 8.30am - 9am & 1pm-2pm. Routine calls should not be made at these times.

Practice News

10Jan 2021

COVID-19 Vaccines

Covid-19 vaccine - From Monday 11 January we will be vaccinating patients aged 80years+ with the Oxford Astrazeneca covid vaccine. All eligible patients will be contacted by text message, phonecall or letter. Each week we will provide as many appointments for Covid vaccines as we need to - in line with the number of vaccines delivered to us by the public health agency. We aim to get all vaccines used up within the week we receive them. This may mean that we have less availability to deal with routine matters on one or more days per week. We hope that our patients will be understanding during the next few months as we aim to prioritise the vaccine campaign and deal with urgent matters only on clinic days. Your co-operation is greatly appreciated.
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22Oct 2020

Covid-19 pressures

Message to our patients Due to the Covid-19 pandemic we are continuing to experience very high demand for our service. Like many other organisations we also have staff (medical and administration) off isolating due to Covid. For these reasons the doctors can only deal with urgent matters until the end of October. We regret that we have to do this but in the interest of patient safety we must. Thankyou for your patience and understanding at this difficult time
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22Oct 2020

Wearing masks- September 2020

Due to the high levels of Covid-19 circulating in our city we have implemented a strict policy of mask wearing for all - staff, patients, carers and other visitors - in the Health Centre. This is in line with the Northern Ireland Chief Medical Officer's recommendations (Aug 2020) and in the best interests of us all to ensure we keep each other safe and reduce the risk of spreading the virus. Our staff encounter many patients face-to-face every day so the risk of spreading the virus will be high if they are exposed to patients not wearing masks. We acknowledge that there may be some extreme personal circumstances when patients feel they cannot wear a mask so we ask these patients to inform us when booking an appointment. We will then try to make alternative arrangements to accommodate them. Our full policy is on display at the Practice.
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