Address:
10 Saramago Street
G66 3BF
Kirkintilloch
East Dunbartonshire
Telephone:
Visitors can access this building during office hours Monday – Friday from 8.30am – 5.00pm.
This centre combines local health services from NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde and Social Services from East Dunbartonshire Council under one roof.
Based on Saramago, the centre offers a range of services all in one location, from various teams including district nursing, podiatry, physiotherapy, the community older people’s team, family planning, occupational therapy and health improvement.
We also provide specialist services for people with an addiction, a learning disability or for those who are elderly.
The building has an attractive and welcoming environment for customers/patients and staff. It has comfortable waiting areas, a sensory garden, fresh and bright modern consulting rooms and a joint reception area between Health and Social Work.
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This is a joint health and social care service for people with addiction problems, primarily focusing on people with alcohol or opiate dependency. The service offers community detoxification, substitute prescribing from CAT team and in partnership with GPs, assistance with the effects of substance misuse on a wide range of life issues and one to one support. Series of group work programmes such as relapse prevention are also offered. Service is available for young people or children affected by parental substance misuse.
Mon – Friday 9am-5pm. Appointments are available in the evening by arrangement.
This multidisciplinary team provides a range of skilled community mental health services to the adult population, age 18 – 65 years living in the area. In conjunction with other agencies, the team will play a major role in reducing the need for psychiatric hospital admissions and minimising lengths of stay in psychiatric wards.
Mondays to Friday 09:00 –20.00 Saturday, Sunday and Public Holidays 0900 - 1700.
We have a telephone number for women to make an appointment with a midwife as soon as they know they are pregnant.
The number is 0141 347 8422
We urge all mums-to-be, even those with children already, to book into your local maternity services by week 12 of your pregnancy.
The Rehabilitation Service in place across NHSGGC brings together:
Contact details/ telephone numbers for each area:
Glasgow CHP
Acute staff needing to access community rehabilitation services should contact the sector in which their hospital sits.
East Dunbartonshire
East Dunbartonshire have a locally based Community Rehabilitation Team. This service will include GPRR, early supported discharge, domiciliary physiotherapy, community older people's team and community physical disability team.
The service can be accessed through a Single Point of Access
Tel 0141 232 8213
Fax 0141 232 8228
West Dunbartonshire
Community rehabilitation services to be accessed via
COPT tel 01389 811760
CART tel 01389 817337
Inverclyde
We operate a single point of access for referrals to all community rehabilitation services including the community rehabilitation team and Inverclyde Physical Disability Rehabilitation Team (PDRS). For further information or to make a referral please call 01475 714350
Renfrewshire
We operate a Single Point of Access in Renfrewshire and all referrals previously made to Older Adults Community Mental Health Team (OACMHT), Multi Agency for Care at Home Team (M.A.T.C.H), Specialist Nursing Service, Domiciliary Physiotherapy, Adult Speech and Language and Community Physical Disability Service are made through this number 0141 207 7878
East Renfrewshire
We operate a Single Point of Access in East Renfrewshire. All referrals previously made to the Community Older Person’s Team based in Clarkston or to Levern Valley Older People’s Team based in Barrhead should now be made using the contact details below.
Telephone: 0141 577 3777
Email [email protected]
General Tel: 0141 232 8213
The planning and health improvement team aim to improve health and address inequality. The team deliver programmes and services on oral health, youth health, tobacco, public health pharmacy, smoking cessation and community nutrition. Other areas of work include joint planning, support for the CHP’s Public Partnership Forum and leadership for Healthy Working Lives.
Smokefree Services are responsible for a wide range of tobacco projects aimed at reducing the damage from tobacco to people in and around Greater Glasgow and Clyde
This is a joint service between Social Work and Health. It includes a range of health professionals and social worker. The aim of the service is to assist people with a learning disability to live as independently as possible within the community either with their families or in accommodation of their own with whatever support they need.
Monday to Friday 9am – 5pm Out of hours ‘Standby’ for Social Work Service and out of hours services for Health are in operation.
General medical services including child health surveillance, immunisations, contraceptive services, maternity services, cervical screening, joint injections, freezing of warts and other small skin lesions, methadone clinic, acupuncture, homeopathy and chronic disease management.
General Practitioner (Family Doctor) Services.
When your GP surgery is closed call NHS 24 free on 111 if you are ill and it can't wait until your regular NHS service reopens.
Opening hours:8.30am to 6pm Monday – Friday
SI Duty System: Five half
days per week
i.e. Monday, Wednesday
& Fridays – duty phone
calls Tuesday and
Thursdays – duty home
visits
An out-of-hours social
work service is available
from Glasgow City
Council’s Standby Team
out of office hours and
public holidays
Services including: • Assessment and management of patients with musculoskeletal conditions e.g. back pain, shoulder problems, knee arthritis. • Domiciliary physiotherapy for adult housebound patients • Specialist physiotherapy for women with continence problems.
Mon – Fri 9am - 4.30pm
Contact Tel: 0141 347 8909
The Primary Care Mental Health Team (PCMHT) provides brief evidence based therapeutic and counselling services, to clients who present with mild to moderate mental health problems.
Mondays to Fridays, 09:00 – 17:00.
Physio - 0141 304 7424 (Lynn Moffat)