****We will be closed on Friday 11th October for Flu and Covid vaccinations - we will re open on Monday 14th October****

Dromara Surgery

About Us

We are a partnership of six GPs in General Practice contracted by HSCB to provide NHS services to our patients. The Practice is located on Begney Hill Road in the village of Dromara. Dromara Surgery is involved in the training of Medical Students.

There are six Partners, one salaried Doctor, a Practice and Deputy Practice Manager, an Office Supervisor, three Nurses, one Healthcare Assistant and a full team of clerical staff to look after the health needs of our patients. We endeavour to provide a relaxed, friendly atmosphere, as well as modern medical facilities in comfortable surroundings with car parking.

For information and updates please follow our facebook page at:

https://www.facebook.com/Dromara-Surgery-100764272391558/

Appointment system

The majority of our appointments are now face to face.    If you wish to have a GP appointment you must phone at 9am (each GP has capped lists).   This system will operate on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday.  There will also be a limited number of telephone consultations.  A small proportion of slots will open in advance (excluding Wednesdays), usually up to three days before the appointment.  

You must provide the receptionist with as much information as possible.

If you are given a telephone consultation you will be contacted at some stage throughout the day.  

Please visit www.publichealth.hscni.net for the most up to date guidance on coronavirus. 

Please allow 72 hrs notice before collecting your prescription at the surgery.  If you wish your prescription to be sent to a pharmacy, please specify which chemist. 

Please use this link for self referral for South Eastern trust maternity services:

http://setrust.hscni.net/service/maternity-2/

Repeat Prescribing Line

Please leave a message with your personal details and the medication you require (including dose and quantity).  This is for repeat medication only - that is medication that is ordered regularly every month and is not an acute or occasional item. 

You must state your preferred chemist and allow a minimum of 72hours for collection. 

Receptionists will no longer be taking repeat prescription requests over the phone.  We hope the repeat prescribing line will help our patients get better access to Practice services  

Repeat Prescribing Online

Rather than having to ring in to order repeats, why not try our online repeat prescriptions ordering service - once set up, it will allow easy reordering and even send you an email reminding you when your next prescription is due.

Please allow 72 hours, excluding weekends and Bank Holidays, for your request to be processed.  NOTE: Prescriptions are only issued within office hours, so if request is sent online on a Friday, the earliest it will be processed is a Monday

Repeat medications should be requested at least 48 hours before they are needed. It is not fair to people waiting to see a doctor to ask a receptionist to interrupt them to sign a script, so they will be signed only after surgery. For items issued 12 months or more ago you will need to see a GP as you cannot request these over the phone, or alternatively, if available in a pharmacy they can be purchased. 

Some pharmacies collect each day, some once or twice/week. If you cannot wait until the pharmacy collects them, then [on request] it can be collected at reception 1 working day after being ordered. We do not phone/fax routine scripts to pharmacies.

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Fundraising

Slieve Croob Community First Responders: Dromara Surgery Doctors and staff walked Slieve Croob on Saturday 24th September 2022 and through sponsorship from family, friends and patients managed to donate £1021.00 to the First Responders.  Please see their Facebook for the work they do locally.  Thank you all for your contributions.  

On Friday 13th December 2019 staff and GPs wore their Christmas jumpers to work; and along with patient donations raised £182.86 which we donated to the Grace Fellowship.  This is towards their Christmas day dinner which they are cooking and serving to vulnerable members of our community.  If you would like further details on how to attend please contact the surgery.  Thank you all for your continued support!

On 22nd October 2019 the GP Partners and Staff of Dromara Surgery participated in a 'Funrave' held to raise funds for Cash for Kids NI.  Our patients also donated and together we managed to raise £472.56!   Thank you to all who contributed. 

On Friday 14th December 2018 we held our annual Christmas Jumper Day in aid of Air Ambulance NI where we raised a total of £307.58.  Thank you to all our patients and staff for your generous donations.

On the 15th and 22nd of December 2017 we held a Christmas Jumper Day in aid of the charity 'Friends of the Cancer Centre.'  Staff, GP partners and patients raised an amazing £246.00!  Thank you to everyone who supported this worthy cause.

GPs and staff participated in a Christmas Jumper Day on 9th Dec '16 and raised £130 with donations also coming from patients. This was donated to the Little Princess Trust - thank you to all involved

GPs & staff walked 10km (Tollymore) on Sat 12th Nov '16 and raised £518 for Chest Heart and Stroke - thank you for all your kind donations to this worthy cause