REOPENING OF DOCTOR-LED DISTRICT CLINICS

The Health Directorate is pleased to announce the reopening of the District Clinic at Half Tree Hollow, following its refurbishment. A Doctor will be present at the clinic on Monday mornings in conjunction with the Pharmacy Bus, and will see patients on an appointment basis, between 9.30am and 12.30pm – from Monday 1 February 2016.

A Doctor will now also attend Longwood Clinic on Wednesday mornings on an appointment basis, together with the Pharmacy Bus – commencing on Wednesday 3 February 2016, between 9.30am and12.30pm.

And at Levelwood District Clinic, a Doctor will be in attendance fortnightly, on an appointment basis, in conjunction with the Pharmacy Bus. This arrangement will begin on Thursday 11 February, between 9.30am and 12.30pm.

Jamestown Out-patient Clinic will continue to run daily from 10am to 2pm, with the afternoon Doctors Clinic running from 2pm to 4pm. The late afternoon clinic (for patients unable to attend during working hours), currently held on a Wednesday, will now be moved to Mondays, commencing 1 February 2016, from 4pm to 5pm on an appointment basis.

As Doctor-led clinics have resumed at Half Tree Hollow, Longwood and Levelwood, the Health Directorate will no longer provide transport into town for Out-patient appointments. This will also take effect from Monday 1 February.

All emergencies should still be directed to the General Hospital.

SHG
27 January 2016

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