The Castle Practice

The Health Centre | Taylors Avenue | Carrickfergus | BT38 7HU

If you live within our practice area you are welcome to register with us and our reception staff will be happy to guide you through the procedure. Eligibility can be quickly confirmed from your address so it would help if you could provide proof by way of a recent utility bill. You will need to complete a New Patient Questionnaire which will provide useful information whilst we wait for your medical records to arrive from your previous doctor. Medical treatment is available from the date of registration. Please contact reception for further information.

If you have your medical card, please bring it with you to register at the practice. However, if you do not have your medical card, you can complete an HS200 Form, for registering with the practice, or an HSCR1 Form depending on your circumstances. When you register you will also be asked to fill out a medical questionnaire. This is because it can take a considerable time for us to receive your medical records. If you wish to complete this in advance, please click on the link above to open the relevant form, to print and complete at your convenience.

Please bring the completed forms with you along with photographic ID and proof of residency (utility bill etc), to the reception desk, when you are registering.

Temporary Registration: for UK/EU Citizens

If you are ill while away from home or if you are not registered with a doctor but need to see one you can receive emergency treatment from the local GP practice. You can be registered as a temporary patient for up to three months. This will allow you to be on the local practice list and still remain a patient of your permanent GP. After three months you will have to re-register as a temporary patient or permanently register with that practice.

To register as a temporary patient simply call in to reception, or complete the ‘Temporary Residents form’ above. You cannot register as a temporary patient at a practice in the town or area where you are already registered, of if your own GP surgery is within a reasonable travelling distance.

Guide to GP Services

The Royal College of General Practitioners has produced a useful guide for patients about the services on offer at GP Surgeries and how to access them. You can download the guide below.

Have you lost or misplaced your Medical Card

To request a replacement medical card please use the following link:
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PRACTICE CLOSURE

THE CASTLE PRACTICE

IMPORTANT PATIENT NOTICE

AUGUST BANK HOLIDAY

 

PLEASE NOTE THAT THE SURGERY WILL BE CLOSED ON

MONDAY 25th AUGUST 2025

AND WILL RE-OPEN AT 8:30 AM ON

TUESDAY 26th AUGUST 2025

 

If you require URGENT MEDICAL CARE 

please call DALRIADA URGENT CARE

028 2566 3500

BMA – COLLECTIVE ACTION BY GP PRACTICES NORTHERN IRELAND

 

PLEASE STAND WITH US AND SUPPORT THE FIGHT FOR BETTER FUNDING IN GP PRACTICES IN NORTHERN IRELAND.

YOU THE PATIENTS DESERVE BETTER AND WE NEED MORE FUNDING TO PROVIDE SERVICES THAT ARE SAFE FOR ALL DOCTORS and THEIR TEAMS WHO ARE MAKING DECISIONS ON YOUR INDIVIDUAL HEALTH NEEDS DAILY

  • WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THE SERVICE OUR VALUED PATIENTS DESERVE.
  • We’ve had a service contract imposed on us by MIKE NESBITT – HEALTH MINISTER for NORTHERN IRELAND that is underfunded to the degree that staffing and patient service provision will be at risk and suffer.
  • GP PRACTICES ARE IN CRISIS. WE WORK AS SMALL BUSINESSES
  • OVER 28 GP PRACTICES HAVE CLOSED IN NORTHERN IRELAND SINCE 2018.
  • STAND WITH US – DON’T LET YOUR PRACTICE BE NEXT TO CLOSE!
  • SUPPORT YOUR PRACTICE AND THEIR STAFF IN THESE ACTIONS!
  • REMEMBER WHAT HAPPENED TO YOUR NHS DENTAL CARE?

If you would like to support General Practice secure additional funding please write to your local MLA or directly to Mike Nesbitt, Health Minister for Northern Ireland.

Your support for our Practice and staff is appreciated

Thank you

The Partners Castle Practice

PRACTICE CLOSURE

THE CASTLE PRACTICE

IMPORTANT PATIENT NOTICE

JULY HOLIDAYS

 

PLEASE NOTE THAT THE SURGERY WILL BE CLOSED ON

MONDAY 14th JULY 2025

TUESDAY 15th JULY 2025

AND WILL RE-OPEN AT 8:30 AM ON

WEDNESDAY 16th JULY 2025

 

 

If you require URGENT MEDICAL CARE on

MONDAY 14th JULY 2025

please call DALRIADA URGENT CARE

028 2566 3500

 

If you require URGENT MEDICAL CARE on

TUESDAY 15th JULY 2025

please call 028 9331 5804

 

PLEASE ENSURE TO ORDER YOUR

REPEAT PRESCRIPTIONS IN TIME FOR

COLLECTION FOR THE HOLIDAY CLOSURES

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