Practice updates
September bank holiday Monday 29th September 25
The practice will be closed on Monday 29th September
The practice will close at 6pm on Friday the 26th September and re-open at 8.30 am on Tuesday the 30th of September. If you need to speak to a GP urgently while the practice is closed, please call NHS 111.
Support for rape and sexual abuse survivors
First Wednesday of every month at Barrhead Health Centre 9.30 to 12.30. This is now an appointment only service, available 4th Dec, 5th Feb and 5th March.
You can also call the helpline on 08088 00 00 14 Monday to Friday 11am to 2pm. Monday to Thursday 5.30pm to 7.30pm
Health Visitor - "Happy Healthy Tots"
The Health Visitors have launched a new appt called Happy Healthy Tots which gives advice from birth onwards.
Follow the instructions below to download the app to your phone or check out the service in the link below.
This app can be downloaded to your phone. Search your app for the Right Decisions for Health and Care app. Once downloaded search for "Happy Healthy Tots" and add to your toolkit. It will be available afterwards in the "My toolkits" tab.
BREAST SCREENING - MOBILE BUS
The Breast Screening Bus will be in the Barrhead area from Monday 1st July- Barrhead Health and Care Centre Car Park
Letters will be sent out by the Breast Screening in due course with an appointment and location.
New telephone number when we phone you
The number that shows up when the GP surgery or any hospital in Greater Glasgow Health Board phones you has changed. We are no longer using an 0800 number.
The number that appears on your phone when the surgery or the hospital are phoning you is now an 0141 number. You can't phone back on this number. Please continue to use the surgery phone number to call in. (0141 800 7000). The RAH switchboard number is 0141 314 7294.
Sandyford - re-opened in Barrhead
The Sandyford sexual health service has re-opened in Barrhead Health Centre one day a week
It will be open 9am to 4pm on Mondays. Bookings can be made via the Sandyford website
Practice Boundary
Our practice boundary has changed
We no longer accept any new patients from G53 (only accept dependants of those patients already registered ie new baby)
How GP practices are operating to provide safe care and to prioritise clinical need.
Message from GP Kerri Neylon, Deputy Medical Director for Primary Care
Overseas Travel Vaccinations
From 1st April 2022 the way you receive your vaccinations for overseas travel will change. You will no longer receive these from your GP. The changes are for both adult and childhood travel.
Patients are asked to access what vaccinations are required, together with malarial and safe travel advice at Home - Fit for Travel https://www.fitfortravel.nhs.uk. 4 Travel Vaccines are available on the NHS (Typhoid, Hepatitis A, DPT and Cholera) at no direct cost to the patient.
Why are GP practices still working differently?
If the pandemic is over why can’t I book a face to face GP appointment?
The pandemic is not over. GP practices are open but are working differently in order to protect patients and staff.
Why do reception staff ask personal questions?
GP reception staff are vital members of the practice team and treat all information as confidential. They ask questions to ensure that patients are directed to the best support, within and outwith the practice.