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ARE YOU AND YOURS REGISTERED WITH A DENTIST?? "to be entitled to receive your dental care under the NHS, you must be registered with your dentist and the registration needs to be renewed every two years. The Glens Dental Practice situated in the Medical Centre is accepting new patients of all ages and welcoming back our past patients who registration has lapsed. Call at the dental reception in the Medical Centre or telephone 028 21771242 for details about your NHS dental registration.

Men ACWY Vaccine: Now available for all young people who were born between 02.07.1998 and 01.07.1999, and for Students up to the age of 25 who will be commencing University in 2016 for the first time, please contact reception to make an appointment.

ANTIBIOTIC REQUESTS: In accordance with NHSCT guidelines, the practice will no longer be able to issue antibiotics for any purpose (ie: coughs, chest infection etc). It will be necessary for the patient to attend either a Nurse or GP for assessment. In the case of a suspected kidney/urine infection a urine sample must be left in for analysis.

IMPORTANT: ARE YOU AGED 50 OR OVER AND DO YOU SMOKE - If so
You are at risk of Peripheral Vascular Disease
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In-House Counselling Service
Mr Joe Brogan holds weekly clinics. These are free of charge to our patients. If you are interested please speak to your doctor.

Out of Hours
“Dalriada Urgent Care” provides this service. When the medical centre is closed a pre-recorded message will be obtained by phoning 2177 1411 or alternatively you may telephone directly. 028 2566 3500 Please consider that this is an emergency service only

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THE PRACTICE AREA

The practice extends to a 8-mile radius (approximately 12 road miles) from the Medical Centre plus the village of Glenarm and incorporates six of the beautiful and famous Glens of Antrim.

PRACTICE HISTORY

The Glens of Antrim Medical Centre opened in April 1992. The Centre is purpose built and is set in spacious grounds with generous car parking facilities for patients and staff including a disabled area. The building also accommodates community staff and a dental surgery, and has disabled facilities throughout.

In January 1995 an outlying consultation facility was opened in Carnlough, to services the patients int he southern end of the practice. This service was extended to a full time Branch Surgery in April 2017 to accommodate additional patients from the Carnlough area and the village of Glenarm.

From the 1st April 2004 the partnership is contracted to the Northern Office, Health and Social Car Board to provide Primary and other General Medical Services as a General Partnership. Details of the primary medical services in the area may be obtained from:

Directorate of Integrated Care, HSCB North, County Hall, 182 Galgorm Road, Ballymena BT42 1QB

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