Malachy of Body and Sole, I salute you. Let me elaborate. Number two son has a verucca and having…read moreunsuccessfully tried all the over the counter remedies, I decided it was time to consult a chiropodist. The only fly in the (verucca) ointment was the fact that number two son goes into orbit when anyone tries to even look at his foot. Every time Malachy even got near the verucca, my brave little soldier cried and flailed about in the chair. Not good. But Malachy kept calm, even when the wrestling almost made him cut his own thumb off. Eventually, and due entirely to Malachy's calm professionalism, the treatment was done and mother and child were relieved (him) and pathetically grateful (me). I thanked Malachy for his patience and slunk out. Body and Sole is also a physiotherapy clinic and is bright , modern and clean. The receptionist is a kind and friendly lady who looked after us beautifully and I have no hesitation in recommending this clinic.

A superb GP surgery which is situated on lower Ormeau Road. The practice area covers a 10 mile…read moreradius surrounding the clinic and caters for postcode areas BT6, BT7 and BT8. A few years ago when I lived nearby I attended Ormeau Health Centre as my local GP Surgery. As with all Surgeries these days, getting an appointment unfortunately proved tricky, with waits of up to a few days or even weeks on occasion. Thankfully though, they did offer a convenient telephone line whereby you could ring and speak to a Doctor or order prescriptions. You can also book appointments online and order repeat prescriptions 24 hrs a day, 7 days a week via their website. Plus Ormeau Health Centre have a travel clinic if you need to get jabs for your holidays. I always found the Receptionists, Nurses and Doctors friendly, helpful and professional. I would give this clinic a full 5 star rating if it weren't for the long waiting times before obtaining an appointment. Plus only allowing 10 minutes per patient for a Doctors appointment feels very rushed. However I think this is an issue with the Health Service overall (or our politicians and government) rather than this particular clinic, which I always found excellent.

Great g.p. especially with kids! Chemist is also close by with car parking available. Waiting times…read moreare not as long in comparison to other places I have been. The chemist would usually have a display table on show which changes every month. For example today was smoking awareness and the benefits of quiting the help and information that is available to anyone wanting to quit and example nicotine packs to help tou choose the right approach.

It feels a little strange to be reviewing a surgery, but I am almost evangelical about how great…read moreKnock Medical Centre is. No one likes going to the doctor, so if you have to go it may as well be as best an experience as you can manage, and that is what you get here. Appointments are easy enough to get and all staff, from reception to nurses and all the doctors are so nice. While doctors are constantly under pressure to see as many patients as possible under crippling time restraints, you never feel rushed, you are never just handed a prescription and sent on your way and you are listened to. Any time I have attended I have felt understood and respected and felt better! I hope you don't need a doctor, but if you do these guys have it all in healthy spades.

So, after a week of eating rich food and drinking beers I decided that it was time to take some…read moreaction. I was browsing online looking at various different gyms and I came across Grove Wellbeing Centre. I was intrigued as I had driven past this 'council style' leisure centre before and never given it much of a thought. But after looking online at their facilities I decided to bite the bullet and join up there and then. The cost for a monthly membership is £26 (no joining fee) but for this monthly amount you get access to the gym, swimming pool, classes and sauna and steam room facilities. I think this is a bargain! I had my first session today and I was really impressed with what the gym had to offer. There were around 15 cross trainers, 15 treadmills, 10 bikes and a few step machines and that's just the cardio area. The free weights section consists of a whole rack of weights from 5kg to 50kg, 2 squat racks, 3 benches for free weights and a few frames for bar bells. The gym was quite for a Saturday, I'm hoping it stays that way. But over all I was really impressed with everything on offer. The whole gym and centre was sparklingly clean and the few staff members I came in to contact with were excellent. All in all a great experience, really looking forward to sorting my life out in this gym!

Having finally closed down the decrepit and rotten building that originally house the Grove Leisure…read moreCentre, as well as putting an end to the ancient library round the corner, the powers that be decided to amalgamate the two and combine them as the Wellbeing Centre. A bit fluffy I know, but what else do you call a facility that has a swimming pool, gym, library, coffee shop, computer facilities, dentists, podiatry and so on and so on. It's got the lot this place, and its spanking new to boot - I just hope it stays that way, because if the previous leisure centre is anything to go by, it could end up a shadow of it's former self. As it is, the pool provides 25metres to swin in, aqua jets, a toddlers area and sauna as well as rooms for other sports and activities. Would recommend it if you live in or are visiting the North Belfast area.

I visited here a couple of days ago for the first time. The Chiropodist was both friendly and gave…read moreme some great advice. I will definitely be back for more pampering.

This clinic is by far the best podiatry experience I have ever had…read moreExperienced and caring staff and great receptionist

I took my 92 year old father to Bloomfield footcare today and I'm very pleased with the results…read more Friendly staff and a professional job, 5 stars thank you very much.

This is a beautiful modern building and has the benefit of a little cafe and lots of comfy seating…read moreareas. However, it doesn't benefit from an appropriate amount of parking. Cars are often abandoned on double yellow lines and whilst it does have disabled spaces, I am yet to come across an empty one. The centre is usually always busy and it often takes a couple of weeks to a get a GP appointment, but then it seems everywhere does. The two things that make the greatest difference for me is the nurses station and the baby clinic. My hubby sliced his finger and fearing hours at a&e, we popped over to the nurses station, no appointment, no problem. He was in and out in 10 mins with bandages, ointment and aftercare advice. It was quick, efficient and easy, as it should be! The baby clinic runs on Thursday afternoons, it's also drop in, where after about a 10-15min wait you can see a Health Visitor and you don't even have to be registered there. Now if only they could sort out the parking...

I've had tennis elbow, from golf, and frozen shoulder from painting, for years and years. After…read moreseeing Gerrard shoulder much better and tennis elbow totally cured. Brilliant service and unexpected cure. I've always been told tennis elbow cannot be fixed. They need to see Gerrard, (sorry, don't know his surname).

I recently had to attend a few appointments at this hospital and have to say that the overall…read moreexperience was a positive one. The hospital is a mixture of old and new buildings set in a beautiful open woodland area . The older buildings have that wonderful solid but austere impression from the Victorian era . There has been a lot of renovation done over recent years to bring these buildings up to safety standards.The new buildings fit in well with the old and clearly give the onlooker the confidence that behind the doors there is equipment and staff fully trained for the specialist care that this hospital has to offer. Although the waiting lists for orthopaedic operation is sadly longer than we want this is not the fault of the specific hospital and staff are understanding of this . The overall care and success rate is good and thanks to the thorough pre assessment examination there are very few problems including risk of infection. It is very reassuring to know that we still have the best health service with specialist areas like that which Musgrave Park Hospital can provide.

The hospital is widely known as being the place you go to for any major orthopaedic surgery. My mum…read moreattended Musgrave for spinal surgery and still attends follow up consultations there. Its a bit of a maze to drive around but there's loads of parking and pick up spaces by the entrance. The hospital is fairly old now and hopefully in the future there will be more development and investment in it. Excellent staff.