It's December! Elfie is back to keep an eye on all the boys and girls and report back to Santa, who is naughty and who is nice. Denise has the decorations up in the surgery (after nagging Dr Michelle for the last 6 weeks!). A couple of important reminders: 1. Anyone who hasn't had the flu vaccine and is either in an at-risk group (anyone with chronic illness or on chemotherapy ) or over 65 years of age, please come and get it as soon as possible. 2. Anyone who needs repeat prescriptions around Christmas/ early Jan, please order them as early as you can as we will only have a skeleton staff over Christmas. We require 24hrs notice for all repeats. 3. Don't forget closing date for colouring competition is Mon Dec 11th. 4. Get those Santa letters written and don't forget to mention to Santa that Denise should go on the naughty list and Dr Michelle on the nice list. Which one Kate goes on depends on whether the child had a vaccine recently or not 😁

Ladies, all pregnant women need to get a whooping cough booster in the second half of pregnancy. This is why:

This is one of many reasons why vaccines are wonderful. Please ensure that your children get their childhood vaccines. No one wants to see their child suffer in this way.

Well ladies, what do ye think? 😁

Next Fri Nov 24th we are asking everyone, staff and patients, to wear purple to highlight the problem of domestic abuse. Also if anyone wants to show support for Adapt House in Limerick which provides a fabulous support to women and children suffering at the hands of a supposed "loved" one, feel free to drop your donations of pyjamas, underwear, toiletries, small toys (all preferably new) here to the surgery and we'll make sure they get delivered before Christmas as this can be their busiest time.

Boys and girls, we are doing a Christmas colouring competition! For the under 6s, we have a colouring sheet available from reception. For those aged 6 and over we ask that you draw a Christmas picture for us. Make sure to put your name, address and date of birth on the back. There's a prize for the best in each category and the top 5 in each will be put up at reception. Dr Michelle will put in a good word with Santa for the best ones too! Closing date Monday Dec 11th and will be independently judged.

For those of you who are pregnant or planning a baby, this is the best method of explaining labour I have every seen! https://www.facebook.com/channelmum/videos/1655553937816667/

We are now closed. Please phone tomorrow for appointments. Dr Michelle can be contacted for advice only on 086 300 6561. Stay safe everyone.

As of this afternoon Limerick county has been upgraded to status Red for Hurricane Ophelia tomorrow and afternoon is to be the worst. Schools are all closed. Therefore the surgery will be open for the morning only. Dr Michelle will be contactable via the emergency phone for advice only during the afternoon on 086 300 6561. If you wish to be seen please ring as early as possible for an appointment. We will be closing at 1pm.

This is one of the busiest, most populated areas in the country and they can't attract doctors to take over from GPs who are retiring. What's going to happen here in West Limerick?