6-8 George Street, Johnstone, PA5 8SL
6-8 George Street, Johnstone, PA5 8SL
The doctors and staff at the Riverview Medical Centre in Johnstone are proud to offer the highest standard of patient-centred healthcare. We offer a wide variety of medical services.
About the practiceThere are many symptoms and conditions for which you may not need to contact the GP surgery at all. NHS Inform has information about almost every symptom, illness and condition and gives excellent advice about self help for many of these. Should you require additional advice, the following list suggests who would be most appropriate to contact:
Patients are able to book ten minute routine GP appointments online through our patient access service. If you have not registered for this service please contact reception to arrange for your personal log on details. More info…
Please allow 2 working days for any repeat prescriptions to be ready to collect from the surgery. You may order repeat prescriptions by phoning your request to your usual pharmacist (this is often quicker than contacting the surgery); completing the tear off section of your last prescription (on the right hand side of each repeat prescription) and putting it it into the red box in reception; online using our Patient Access service More info…
All GP practices are contracted to provide essential services which is the basic treatment of ill people. We also provide the additional services including Child Health Surveillance with the Health Visiting team; Contraceptive Services; Maternity Services with the Midwifery team; Immunisation of Children; Cervical Smears; Travel advice and selected immunisations. More info…
An increasing number of patients are attending late for their appointments. If you arrive 5 or more minutes late for your appointment you will not be seen. If you are less than 5 minutes late you may be seen, but this will be at the Doctor or Nurse’s discretion.You may be offered the option to wait until there is a free space in the clinic (if there are any empty appointments) – this could take from a few minutes to several hours. If we hold an up to date mobile number for you, a text reminder of your appointment can be sent 24 hours in advance. Please check with reception that you have given us permission for this.
May 19, 2020
With the current advice for people to stay at home during the COVID-19 pandemic, the Scottish Government has suggested that people of all age groups should consider taking a Vitamin D supplement of 10 micrograms (400 units) daily. Full guidance…
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May 8, 2020
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde has published some really useful information about eating healthily during the Covid-19 pandemic. Eating a healthy diet and aiming for a healthy weight means that our bodies are more able to fight infections such as…
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May 1, 2020
Our local Covid19 Community Assessment Centre is now up and running in Linwood. You must be referred by 111 or your GP in order to be given an appointment at the centre for assessment and no patients are being tested…
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April 25, 2020
Patients who are at extremely high risk of severe complications are being asked by the Government to “Shield”. There is information here about what this means. Over the next few weeks, one of our Practice Nurses or GPs will telephone…
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April 14, 2020
Paediatricians at the Royal Hospital for Children in Glasgow have told us that they are concerned that parents may not be bringing their unwell children to hospital because they are worried about catching coronavirus. We know that it can be…
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April 14, 2020
During this difficult time, when everyone is having to distance themselves, we thought we would take the opportunity to introduce the various members of staff at Riverview Medical Centre. Let’s start with the friendly faces that patients meet when they…
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The practice is open at the following times:
| Monday | 8am-12:30pm & 1:30pm-6pm |
| Tuesday | 8am-12:30pm & 1:30pm-6pm |
| Wednesday | 8am-12:30pm & 1:30pm-6pm |
| Thursday | 8am-12:30pm & 1:30pm-6pm |
| Friday | 8am-12:30pm & 1:30pm-6pm |
| Saturday | Closed |
| Sunday | Closed |
Please note the practice will close for lunch and training between 12.30pm and 1.30pm.
The practice will be closed on Renfrewshire public holidays. View the list of Renfrewshire public holidays here.
Opening hours »There are many services available in Glasgow to help you to stay healthy. Some of these services can be accessed directly, and for others you need to be registered with a GP practice.
Consultations are by appointment only. We do not offer a walk-in service. If you arrive at the surgery and do not have an appointment, you may not be seen. The practice may ask you to come back at another time, or may suggest that you are seen by another health care professional or another service.
If you have an appointment please attend at the time stated. If you are not going to be able to attend please let the practice know in advance so that the appointment can be used by someone else who needs it.
If you become unwell when your surgery is closed, please telephone the surgery on 01505 320208 and your call will be transferred to NHS24. You can also telephone NHS24 on 111 directly.
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