Monday to Friday: 7.30am - 2pm and Saturdays from 7.30am - noon.
Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday: 2.30pm - 7pm.
To attend this clinic you are kindly requested to call the Health Centre for an appointment during clinic hours. No referrals are needed.
You are requested to bring the immunisation record for the nurse to update.
Childhood immunisations as recommended on the National Immunization Schedule are given free of charge to Maltese Residents.
Other vaccines prescribed by a doctor and purchased by Clients are administered free of charge.
The Travel Immunization Clinic offers travel health information and vaccination services for people travelling abroad.
We cater for walk-in emergencies not suspected to need hospital emergency care: open 24/7
An appointment is required for:
- Blood letting
- Ear syringing
- Review of sutures and minor wounds
Back to services offered.
Monday to Friday and Sunday: all services by appointment
The following ophthalmic services are offered at Floriana Health Centre:
Glaucoma Clinic for newly diagnosed and follow-up of Glaucoma patients referred by ophthalmic nurses (Alternate Tuesdays - by ophthalmologist).
Glaucoma Clinic by specialised nurses for stabilised glaucoma patients - (Mondays and alternate Tuesdays).
Refraction (visual acuity/ghan-nuccali) by optometrist - (Wednesdays)
Screening for diabetic retinopathy (damage to the eye as a result of diabetes) - referred by GP - (Mondays QHC patients, Tuesdays GHC patients, Wednesdays PHC patients, Thursdays FHC patients)
Glaucoma screening (Fridays): No referrals are needed. Screening is targeted at:
- people who are 40 years old or older
- people who are 35 years or older who suffer from diabetes
- people who are 35 years old or older and have a family history of diabetes and/or glaucoma.
Retinopathy / glaucoma screening is performed every Sunday from 7.30.am to 3.30pm.
For more details about the clinic please contact us on the telephone numbers below.
Physiotherapy Clinic
Clinic hours
Appointments for physiotherapy services are available
- Monday to Friday 7:45 to 14:00
- Alternate Saturdays 7:45 to 11:30
- Afternoon sessions are available in Floriana health centre.
Appointments
Appointments may be made by phone on 25680210/211 from 7:30 to 14:00 or by visiting the health centre with the referral.
Only clients who are 16+ and have a musculoskeletal condition are eligible to attend physiotherapy clinics at health centres.
Plaster Services
Some particular fractures may be treated at the Health Centre, after consultation with orthopaedic specialists from Mater Dei Hospital. In such cases, a plaster back slab may be applied and the patient is then given a follow-up appointment at Mater Dei Fresh Trauma Clinic.
Monday - Saturday: 8am - 7pm.
Routine Podiatry treatments:
Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday: 8am - 2.15pm.
Tuesdays: 8am - 7.15pm
This clinic is by appointment. A referral is not required. Please call our reception desk for an appointment between 10am till 8 pm on weekdays.
Vascular Screening Clinic:
Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday: 8am - 1pm
Thursday: 8am - 10am
Referral by podiatrist.
Follow-up appointments are set according to clinical need.
Routine cutting of toenails are performed only in conditions that warrant the treatment from a qualified Podiatrist as listed hereunder:
High risk patients which are those with vascular insufficiency, peripheral diabetic neuropathy and/or those on anti-coagulant medications.
An active nail pathology
A history of hip replacement within the previous 6 months
Mentally infirm patients
A history of vertebra slipped disk, spine lesions and trauma, and neurological conditions
On chemotherapy/immunosuppressants
Physical disability as defined after an assessment and appropriate medical evidence shown
Any other case deemed necessary after assessment by a podiatrist
Schedule V Clinic
Free medication for the treatment and control of chronic conditions as listed in Schedule V of the Social Security Act. You may be referred to this clinic by the Health Centre doctor or family doctor.
Please call the reception desk for an appointment.
Schedule V cards issued from the Departments of Surgery, Gynaecology, Ophthalmology and Psychiatry at St Luke's Hospital can only be renewed by the same department and cannot be renewed at the Health Centre.
If you are still attending the Medical Outpatients Clinic at Mater Dei Hospital on a regular basis, your Schedule V card issue and renewal should be obtained from your consultant at the Medical Outpatients and not from the Health Centre.
New cases by appointment. Please bring Ticket of Referral to Reception. You will received an appointment by post.
Scoliosis Review Clinic
Tuesdays and Thursdays: 4pm - 7pm (by appointment).
Referrals to the clinic are from doctors from the School Health Services (following scoliosis screening in schools), or by doctors from Health Centres or Private Practice.
Children and adolescents with mild scoliosis are monitored on a regular basis and advice and treatment given.
This clinic is open every Wednesday between 5pm to 7pm. For further details please
click here.
This is organized by the Health Promotion Unit.
All appointments are done through the Health Promotion Unit.
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