Due to the current extraordinary demands on our GP's and a Nationwide GP Shortage - on the day appointments are unfortunately no longer guaranteed.

When our Clinics are fully booked & you have an urgent health issue 
When our Clinics are full. If your request is of an Urgent Nature, our Admin team will request a brief description of your Illness to pass on to the triage team, in order to prioritise those most in need. In some cases they will take your details and call you back with the date and time of the next available appointment (this may not be on the same day). 

All Non Emergency & Routine calls will be requested to phone at 8.30 or 2pm (start time of the next clinic) as advance bookings are not possible with the current GP supply issues and increase in demand. 
. If you are waiting on a call regarding an appointment/result - please keep your mobile phone with you at all times and please be aware that you may get a call from a blocked number.

Appointments can be made by phoning: 01 849 5500

Windmill Medical Centre is an appointment based practice, we request that you only attend the practice when you have a booking. 

• Our appointment times are issued as approximate times, this is done to best manage the volume of patients over the duration of a daily session. We do our very best to keep to these times, however, due to the nature of a General Practice and the variation in time each consultation may take it is not always possible to do so. We appreciate your patience and understanding in this matter.
• Each consultation is estimated to take 15 minutes. If you require a procedure to be done other than a smear or bloods, or have an issue that will require longer – please advise the receptionist when booking so that additional slots can be held.
• Seeing Additional Members of your family. – The doctor will be able to assess other members of your family if the appropriate number of bookings have been made in advance. It is not possible for the doctor to see extra patients on a single booking. If there are other issues you require advice on that do not relate to the person who made the booking, you may be asked to make a new appointment for that person at a later time or date.
• Appointments are available between 09:15am and 16:30 Monday to Friday excluding lunch hours. If all the doctors are full on the day you require an appointment the call will be triaged on the phone first and then if the patient requires treatment on that day they will be advised to come to the medical centre so that they can be seen as soon as can be arranged. We can not guarantee how long the patient will have to wait and we appreciate your patience on this matter, as we can not delay existing patients with existing appointments.
• Once our Clinic is fully booked you will be advised that we would need additional information to triage your on the day requests - Emergency patients will be seen where possible on the day - by the available doctor – it is not possible at this stage to request a particular doctor. All non emergency requests will be given a future date and time to attend
•  If an emergency arises this patient will be seen immediately we greatly appreciate your patience in these instances.
• When Booking for a Blood Tests these appointments are made with the Nurse for a Tue-Fri morning only.
• When booking for a Smear – these appointments are made with the nurse Mon-Thur afternoons.

Get the most from my consultation.
A standard consultation lasts 15 minutes. It is useful to bring your medications with you, and you may find it useful to make some notes on your symptoms, before you see the doctor. If you have a long problem list it may be helpful for you to prioritise, and deal with the most urgent problem first, and return to the doctor at a later date, to discuss your other problems.

We may offer you a patient information leaflet or direct you to an appropriate web site to help you further understand your treatment plan. We encourage you to ask questions about your health no matter how embarrassing or insignificant the problem may appear.