Pharmacists

Mrs Caroline Hall
Mrs Tanya Cumming
Mrs Cristin Williams

Community Nurses

The district nurses see patients at the clinics or in their homes. They carry out dressings and wound care. They provide nursing care and support especially for the postoperative patient, the chronically sick, the house-bound and the terminally ill. They carry out various tests and procedures at the request of GP or hospital doctor. They advise and supply on incontinence problems and advise on how to get other help. The district nursing team can be contacted at the following addresses: Newcastle Clinic 20-22 Park Avenue Newcastle BT33 0DY Telephone: 028 437 23346 Castlewellan Clinic 23 Newcastle Road Castlewellan BT31 9DP Telephone: 028 437 72090

Health Visitors

The health visitors can also be contacted at the above addresses and telephone numbers. They are available to help with health matters relating mainly to the under fives e.g. feeding, growth and development, hearing and eyesight problems. They also help with advice on health matters with the elderly.

Attached Staff

Community Psychiatric Nurse Service
This service is based at the Downshire Hospital and can only be accessed by a GP referral.

Community Addictions Team
This service is based at the Downshire Hospital and can only be accessed by a GP referral.
Mr David Fee

Mental Health Practitioner

Miss Cailin Hynes

Physiotherapist For Assessment

Mr Gerard O'Connor (m)

Physiotherapist For Assessment

Maria Flanagan

Senior Social Work Practitioner

Julie Ann Teggart

Social Work Assistant

Vivienne McBurney

Mental Health Practitioner

Mr Shane McArdle

Social Work Practitioner

 
Health and Social CareThis site is brought to you by My Surgery Website