Welcome to Rosehall Medical Practice Online

  Welcome to our practice website. We aim to provide all of our patients with a comprehensive range of healthcare services covering one-off problems to longer term illnesses. Feel free to explore the site and find out how you and your family can benefit from our personal and professional approach to healthcare provision.

Friday 27th September

• Text messages are now being sent to all patients who are eligible for FLU and or COVID vaccines. Any patients without a valid mobile number will receive a letter or a phone call.

• All patients will be offered a date with a time slot on either Sunday 13^th OR Sunday 20^th October. To reduce the demand on the telephone system we would kindly ask patients not to contact the practice unless you cannot attend either of the above dates.

• If the nominated time slot or date you receive does not suit please attend on either Sunday between 9am and 12 noon and you will receive your vaccines.

• Catch-up clinics will not take place until after the Sunday clinics have taken place. Check back here for further information on those clinics.

Patients with reduced mobility or housebound please contact the practice for more information on 02890832188.

VACCINE DATES 2024

The practice will be offering FLU & COVID vaccines on the dates below

SUNDAY 13TH OCTOBER

SUNDAY 20TH OCTOBER

All eligible patients will be contacted by text in due course. Please ensure reception team have an up to date mobile number

** NEW VACCINE PROGRAMME **

Respiratory syncytial Virus (RSV)

What is RSV?

Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) is an infectious disease of the airways and lungs. RSV infection often causes symptoms similar to a cold, including cough, sore throat, sneezing and runny or blocked nose. It can also make you become wheezy or short of breath and lead to pneumonia and other life-threatening conditions. There is no specific treatment, and most infections will get better by themselves. Every year thousands of older adults need hospital care for RSV, and some of them will die. RSV can be more severe in people with medical conditions such as heart or lung disease or a weakened immune system. RSV infection is common in young children but is most serious for small babies and for older people

How does the vaccine work?

Almost all older adults will have had several RSV infections during their life. A single dose of vaccine will help to boost protection as you reach an age group at highest risk of serious RSV infection

Who should have the vaccine? 

Everyone turning 75 years old on or after the 1 September 2024 will be offered a single dose of RSV vaccine. This is because older adults are more at risk of serious complications from RSV. You can still get the vaccine up to the day before you turn 80.

For the first year of the programme, the vaccine will also be offered to those who are already aged 75 to 79 years on 1 September 2024 as part of a catch up programme.

Our reception team will soon be contacting everyone that is eligible by text message or phone. Clinics with our Practice Nurse will begin in September.

Clinics for other vaccines including FLU & COVID will be scheduled for October / November

Please click the link below for a leaflet containing more information about the virus and the vaccine from Public Health Agency

https://www.publichealth.hscni.net/sites/default/files/2024-08/RSV%20Older%20Adults%204pp%20A5%20leaflet%2007_24.pdf

Prescription Collections

Please allow 48 hours for all prescriptions to be issued from date of ordering. If  your prescription goes to a pharmacy please allow 3 working days from date of ordering. As this is a service provided by the pharmacy we have no control over the prescription once it has left us. 

If ordering your prescription via our practice website over the weekend ie after 4.30 on a Friday and 9am on a Monday, please be aware this will not be looked at until Monday afternoon, therefore you need to allow extra time before collecting at the surgery or your nominated pharmacy.

Please be aware that not all pharmacies collect from us on a daily basis, some only collect twice weekly, therefore prescriptions will take longer than the normal 3 working days. Please enquire with the pharmacy re collection days.

Convenience

As well as being able to see when we are open at the click of a mouse we’ve made it easier for you to do a number of things. Check out how to order a repeat prescription  online.

Join Us

Registering can be done in person at reception. You’ll enjoy a confidential service in comfortable surroundings from a helpful and dedicated team.  The practice covers postcodes BT36 and BT37 within a 5 mile radius

Our professional team will ensure you receive the best attention at all times whether you’re attending a specialist clinic or a routine appointment. If you’re new to the area registration is easy and comes with the comfort of discretion and confidentiality assured.

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