Catchment area

Mosta Health Centre offers its services mainly to residents of Mosta (Bidnija), Naxxar (Birguma, Maghtab, Salina, Bahar ic-Caghaq), San Pawl il-Bahar (Bugibba, Qawra, Xemxija, Ghajn Tuffieha,Wardija, Pwales), Mellieha (Selmun, Ghadira, Marfa, Cirkewwa), Manikata, Burmarrad, Mgarr (Zebbiegh), Gharghur (Xwieki).

Between 8pm and 8am (Monday to Friday), between 1pm and 8am on Saturdays and all day on Sundays and Public Holidays, the catchment areas of Rabat Health Centre are included in the Mosta areas.

Between 5pm and 8am (Monday to Friday) between 1.00pm and 8.00am on Saturdays and Public Holidays, the catchment areas of B’Kara Health Centre are included in the Mosta areas.

Opening days: Monday to Sunday

Community Clinics

The following peripheral clinics fall under the jurisdiction of Mosta Health Centre:
Naxxar
Mellieha
A general practitioner and a nurse are in attendance. These clinics run by an appointment system. This service provides repeat prescriptions, blood pressure monitoring and general medical advice. (Each clinic caters for clients residing in their respective area as per ID card locality.)

Services offered include:

Anticoagulant Clinic – Point of Care
Blood Letting Service
Diabetes Clinic
Dietitian
Ear Syringing
ECG Clinic
Glaucoma Screening
GP Services
Gynae and Post-Natal Clinic
Medical Consultant & Schedule V Clinic
Medical Digital Imaging (X-Ray) Service
Minor Interventions Theatre
National Immunisation Services
Nursing Services
Ophthalmic Clinic
Physiotherapy Services
Podology Clinic
Skin Tag Clinic
Speech Language Clinic
Well Baby Clinic
Wound Review Clinic

Acute area Reception

This area comprises the treatment room, the wound clinic and the GP rooms.

Follow-up & Specialist Clinics Reception area

Image showing follow up and specialist clinics reception area

Clinics Whereabouts
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More detailed information about the services offered:

Anticoagulant Clinic – Point of Care

Patients on long term Warfarin treatment may benefit from INR testing in the specialised Point of Care (POC) clinic.
A finger prick blood sample is taken. The result is immediately available and the patient is given a prescription with the required Warfarin dose.
Patients need to have a stable INR level to be eligible to attend POC and be referred by the Health Centre GPs or Consultants.
Clinic runs from Monday to Friday by appointment.

Blood Letting Service

This service is available from Monday to Saturday from 7:30am to 9am by appointment.

Please bring with you your Identity Card, appointment booklet and the investigation order form (properly filled in by your doctor) if referred from a private family doctor/consultant.

Check whether any measures (such as fasting) need to be taken prior to the blood letting.

Diabetes Clinic

This clinic is open from Monday to Friday from 8am till 1pm.

You may be referred to this clinic by the health centre doctor, your family doctor or from the Diabetes Clinic Mater Dei Hospital.

Attendance to this clinic is by appointment.

Please bring with you your Identity Card, appointment booklet (green) and any blood pressure and blood glucose monitoring charts, together with your treatment card/medication list.

There is no need to be fasting prior to attending to this clinic.

Follow-up appointments are given during visits.

Dietitian​

The Dietician Clinic is run by a Healthcare Professional licensed to assess, diagnose and treat nutritional related disorders. These include:

-​​Malnutrition
-Obesity
-Diabetes
-Renal problems
-Hepatic problems
-Food allergies and intolerance
-Difficulty in swallowing
-Heart-related conditions including hypertension and hyperlipidemia​​​

The service is offered as a one-to-one consultation during which meal plans based on the patient’s nutritional requirements are devised

Attendance:

A doctor’s referral is required for an appointment. Patients are to present the referral at the reception desk. An appointment will be booked by the dietician at Mosta Health Centre.

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​Clinic Schedule:
Available on Monday from 10.00am till 7.00pm by appointment.

Ear Syringing

Ear syringing from Monday to Saturday – 11am till 12 MD by appointment.
For more information regarding ear syringing please click here.

ECG Clinic

This clinic is open on Thursday from 8am till 1:30pm.

You are entitled to be referred for an ECG by your doctor who has to fill in a ticket of referral to a Government hospital/health centre (DH22), or by the Health Centre doctor who has to fill in a Health Centre ECG request form.
Please bring with you your Identity Card, appointment booklet and the ECG request form.

ECGs are taken only by appointment except in emergencies.

Please phone the Health Centre reception desk for an appointment between 10am and 5pm on weekdays. The consultant physician will issue a report on your ECG, after you have had your ECG.

Glaucoma Screening

To attend this clinic you need to call the Health Centre for an appointment. No referrals are needed.

Screening is targeted at:
• people who are 40 years old or older
• people who are 35 years or older and have a family history of diabetes and/or glaucoma.

This Clinic runs by appointment system.

Medical Consultant & Schedule V Clinic

This Clinic is open on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday.
You may be referred to this clinic by the Health Centre doctor or your family doctor.
To make an appointment, please present the referral ticket at the reception desk. This will be vetted by the Consultant Physician and you will be contacted back and an appointment date given.

Appointments for follow-ups and Schedule V are given as indicated by the physician according to clinical need.
Two medical consultants run this clinic, namely Dr C. Azzopardi and Dr M. Farrugia in alphabetical order.

Dr C. Azzopardi is in attendance on Tuesdays
Clinic hours: 8am – 3pm

Dr M. Farrugia is in attendance on Wednesdays and Thursdays
Clinic contact hours: 8am – noon

For further details please click here.

Medical Digital Imaging (X-Ray) Service

The Medical Digital Imaging Service (X-Ray) at this health centre is offered 24 hours all year round including pubic holidays.

For any other queries please contact us on 21231231 / 21222444​

Patients for X-Rays are either referred by the health centre doctor via computer network or by patients’ private doctor (GP) after duly filling a special x-ray request form.

​​​Minor Interventions Theatre

Orthopedic minor operations – on Fridays.

Skin Tag Clinic​

National Immunisation Services

This clinic is open on Monday to Friday from 7:30am till 1.30pm and Saturdays from 7.30am till 12 (noon).

On Tuesday the clinic is also open from 2.30pm and 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 as well as the ID card of the parent accompanying the child or the adult client in accessing the service.
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 upon presentation of the doctor’s prescription.

For more information about specific vaccines and clinic opening hours please click on the below link:

Immunisation – The Department

Nursing Services

Open Monday to Sunday 24hr service for emergeny nursing care.
Appointments are required for:
-Blood letting
-Removal of sutures from 10am to 5pm by appointment.
-Wound reviews
-Plaster application (as part of emergency nursing care not by appointment)

Ophthalmic Clinic

The eye care services are provided by the ophthalmologist, the optometrist and the ophthalmic nurse.
Services offered include:
-Glaucoma screening – Screening for high eye pressure
-Glaucoma clinic – Patients on treatment for glaucoma are seen every 6months or before by doctor/nurse
-Optometry – Eyesight testing as well as screening for the effect of diabetes on the eyes

The family doctor or the Health Centre doctor may refer to this clinic. One may be referred from the Diabetes Clinic or the hospital; school children may be referred by the school health services. For glaucoma screening self referral is also acceptable.

The clinic is open from Monday to Friday from 7:30am to 12:30pm and alternate Saturdays from 7:30am to noon.
Appointments are dealt with at the reception (telephone numbers below) but when need be, the calls are passed through the clinic.

Physiotherapy Services

Clinic hours:

Appointments for physiotherapy services are available

Monday to Friday 7:45 to 14:00-

Afternoon sessions are available at the Bkara & Mosta health centre.

from 15.45-19.00

Appointments can be made by phone on 21231231/21222444 or by visiting the health centre from 7:30 to 14:00.

Only clients who are 16+ and have a musculoskeletal condition are eligible to attend physiotherapy clinics at health centres.

Physiotherapy service also offers exercise classes:

Movement and Falls Prevention Classes to increase mobility, strength, balance.

Podology Clinic

Attendance to this clinic is for screening and for treatment for any ailment of the feet.

The clinic is by appointment. A referral is not required. Please call 21231231 / 21222444 for an appointment.

The clinic is open from Monday to Friday between 8am and 2pm and on Saturdays between 8am and noon.

Routine cutting of toe nails is not a service offered by the Podiatry clinic. If one suffers from diabetes or from circulatory lesions of the feet, one may, however, ask for this service.

Skin Tag Clinic

This service is provided once or twice a week on an appointment system, through Boffa Hospital – Dermatology. Service involves removal of skin tags by electrocautery.

Speech Language Clinic

This clinic is open from Monday to Friday from 7:30am to 3:30pm.

Well Woman Clinic (including Gynaecology, Antenatal, Post-Natal Clinics and Maternal Health Needs Assessment Clinic)

This clinic operates on Mondays: 8am to 12:45pm (by appointment).

Gynaecology: Referrals from Health Centre GP/Private GP.

To make an appointment please phone Call Centre (on 21231231 or 21222444) and bring Ticket of Referral/ID card with you on day of appointment.

Antenatal: Referred from Mater Dei Antenatal Clinic.

Postnatal: on discharge from Mater Dei Obstetric Unit (upon Mother’s request) an appointment will be sent by post from the Health Centre. Any queries regarding appointments please phone 21231231 or 21222444.

Maternal Health Needs Assessment Clinic: This clinic is run by Midwives. Every woman (antenatal or postnatal) will be seen by the Midwife prior to the visit by the Doctor.

Cervical Screening: referred from the National Cervical Screening Department.

Well Baby Clinic

Doctors from the Primary Child Health and Immunisation Unit carry out Well Baby Clinics in all Health Centres on a daily basis according to a fixed timetable. Mothers who deliver their babies at Mater Dei Hospital are invited to bring their baby to the Well Baby Clinic by appointment. These clinics serve the purpose of clinical examinations and developmental assessments for babies between the ages of 8 weeks and 18 months. Three routine visits are offered, the first being at 8 to12 weeks of age and then at 8 months and 18 months of age respectively.

This service is also offered to babies born in private hospitals or at home. In such cases, parents may phone the Client Support Unit on +356 21231231 or send an email on [email protected] requesting an appointment.

Available at:

Floriana Health Centre
Paola Health Centre
Mosta Health Centre
Qormi Health Centre
Rabat Health Centre
Kirkop Health Centre

Wound Review Clinic

This service is available from Monday to Friday from 10am to 6.30pm, Saturdays and Sundays from 9.30am to 6pm.
Attendance to this clinic is by appointment.
Please bring your appointment booklet and identity card with you.

Complaints and Suggestions

Clients are kindly requested to contact a member of the management team:

Dr Alexandra Baldacchino
Principal General Practitioner

Ms Lucy Portelli
Charge Nurse

Mr Vince Bianco
Charge Nurse

Ms Margaret Lia
Charge Nurse

Mr Ivon Spencer
Charge Nurse