Clinics & Services

Our practice works as a team, including family doctors, our practice nurse and reception staff. We provide a wide range of individual and family medical services. As well as caring for your general medical problems and wellbeing, we also provide the following specific services:  

General Health Screening  

General health checks including blood pressure, pulse, weight, urinalysis, BMI, bloods and or ECG. Visual acuity, fundoscopy. Breast & prostate examination. Peak expiratory flow.          

Cervical Smear Testing

We are registered providers of free smear testing under the Cervical check programme to women aged 25 to 60 years. To register for this programme log on to www.cervicalcheck.ie or phone 1800 45 45 55. We also provide private smear testing for women that are not eligible for this programme.

Childhood Vaccinations

We provide all the routine baby vaccines that are on the Immunisation Schedule and these are free to every baby.

Travel Vaccination

Our practice provides a comprehensive travel vaccination service, including yellow fever vaccination. Please allow plenty of time to complete your vaccines before travelling. For your convenience, please contact our practice nurse, Clair Wallace, in advance of your visit, [6-8 weeks] to allow her to organise the requirements for your trip.

Mens Health

General healthcare, blood pressure, testicular and prostate screening.

Women’s Health

We offer comprehensive screening services for women, including breast examination, smear testing, cholesterol testing and diabetes screening, blood pressure measurement as well as advice on issues from breast feeding to the menopause. General family planning advice, morning-after pill, Mirena, Jaydess,Copper IUD insertion & removal, Implanon insertion & removal, depot injections. We offer pre conceptual care and advice as well as having experience in supporting couples during fertility treatment.

Menopause Clinic

If you are experiencing symptoms of the menopause or if you want to discuss any aspect of the menopause, please phone reception and ask for an appointment with Dr Miriam Daly. A check up with your GP around the time of the menopause will include a discussion about menopausal symptoms, a general medical check up, screening, lifestyle advice, bone health discussion, blood tests and advice about HRT. 

Dr Daly has 20 years of experience providing care to women in the menopause and previously worked as Director for Womens Health in the Irish College of General Practice ( 2009-2019) running education for GPs on all aspects of womens health including the menopause.

Maternity Care

We are happy to provide shared maternity care, which is free to everyone, in partnership with the local maternity hospitals. This programme also covers a 2 week check for your baby and a 6 week check for you and your baby. Just ask your doctor how to sign up for this programme early in your pregnancy.

Read more here. Pregnancy care in our practice

Cryotherapy

For benign skin lesions, warts and verucca's. Please book to see a doctor. 

Employment Medicals

We offer pre employment medicals by our Doctors. Please specify if this is the appointment type when booking.

Blood Tests

We are happy to offer appointments for blood testing on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday mornings in our surgery at Irishtown & Ringsend Primary Care Centre. We offer testing such as cholesterol, diabetes screening[blood glucose], thyroid function, full blood count, kidney & liver function, hormonal levels and PSA among others as ordered by your GP. If you wish to have a blood test done you must see a GP first and the GP will decide which blood tests you require and will give you a form to have the blood tests done. You can then book an appointment with our nurses for the blood test. 

There is a very efficient blood test service in St Vincents University Hospital that is free of charge. To attend this service you must first see your GP who will decide which blood tests you require and will give you a blood test form. You can make an appointment for blood tests in St Vincents Hospital at St Vincents University Hospital Blood Tests or by phoning 01 2214590.

Driving Fitness Tests

We provide a full medical assessment for fitness to drive including eye tests. 

Ear syringe

You must see a GP who will examine your ears and indicate if you need ear syringing. Ears must be prepared pre syringing. Please use softening drops ( Waxol, Cerumol)  three times daily for three days. 

Consultation Fees

Fees are detemined by the nature of the consultation and are settled at the time of the consultation.

Fees are displayed clearly in each surgery and are different for various types of service:

It is our policy to take payment over the phone at the time of making an appointment. This has helped us to reduce the time people spend in the reception area which helps with social distancing and infection prevention. Thank you for your cooperation with this. 

If you cannot attend your appointment we would appreciate if you could phone us to cancel it so we can offer the appointment to someone else. Failure to attend an appointment without cancelling it will incur a fee of €30. 

Travel Vaccinations

If you require any vaccinations relating to foreign travel you need to make an appointment with the practice nurse Clair Wallace to discuss your travel arrangements. Please contact her 6-8 weeks before travel with Itinery and any previous travel vaccinations you may have had.  The consultation will include which countries and areas within countries that you are visiting to determine what vaccinations are required.

There is further information about countries and vaccinations required on the links below

Europe & Russia	North America
Central America	South America
Caribbean	Africa
Middle East	Central Asia
East Asia	Australasia and Pacific

Travelling in Europe

If you are travelling to Europe you will need to apply for a European Health Insurance Card.  You can do this below

European Health Insurance card- E111/EHIC

Maternity and Infant Care Scheme

We are happy to provide Maternity Care under the Maternity and Infant Scheme.

Every woman who is pregnant and ordinarily resident in Ireland is entitled to maternity care under the Maternity and Infant Scheme.  Ordinarily resident means you are living here, or you intend to remain living here for at least one year. Read more here Maternity and Infant Care Scheme

To apply for the scheme, simply make an appointment to see one of the GPs in the practice early in your pregnancy and you can sign the form to register for the scheme at that first visit with your GP. 

Maternity and Infant Scheme

On your first pregnancy the GP provides an initial examination, if possible before 12 weeks, and a further 5 examinations during the pregnancy, which are alternated with visits to the maternity unit/hospital. These visits to the GP are free of charge. The schedule of visits may be changed by your GP and/or hospital obstetrician, depending on your individual situation. For susequent pregnancies you will have an initial examination and a further 6 examinations.

If you have a significant pregnancy related illness, e.g. diabetes or hypertension, you may have up to 5 additional visits to the GP.

Care for other illnesses which you may have at this time, but which are not related to your pregnancy, is not covered by the Scheme.

After the birth, the GP will examine the baby at 2 weeks and both mother and baby at 6 weeks.

Hot to Book Antenatal Care

1. Phone to make an appointment with your GP  to discuss the pregnancy. All consultations are dealt with in strict confidence. You don't have to tell the reception staff why you are attending your GP but if you do choose to tell the reception staff, this information will be dealt with in strict confidence. 

2. At your first visit with your GP you will be invited to sign a form to register for the Maternity and Infant Scheme.

3. Phone your maternity hosptial of choice to make a booking appointment. For more information on the local maternity hospitals read below. 

National Maternity Hospital Information

Thr Rotunda Hospital Information

The Coombe Hospital Information

Vaccines in Pregnancy

Please talk to your GP about vaccines in Pregnancy. You can read more information here 

HSE Vaccines in Pregnancy

It's very important that you continue to attend for your routine antenatal visits during the Covid pandemic. 

HSE info re Vaccines in Pregnancy & Covid

Preparing For Pregnancy

If you are hoping to become pregnant there are a few things you can and should do to improve your general health and so help your pregnancy to progress smoothly. Most pregnancies are not planned, however, and still progress normally, resulting in a healthy mother and baby. 

Women who might become pregnant within the next year need an extra 400 micrograms of folic acid as a supplement (tablet) every day, as well as eating a healthy diet. Read about folic acid here. 

HSE Folic Acid and Pregnancy

HSE information on preparing for pregnancy

Useful Resources

HSE - Maternity Services

Breastfeeding.ie - high quality breastfeeding support services

Information Maternity Benefit

Fertility Assessment

If you and your partner are having trouble getting pregnant,  phone reception and ask to make an appointment with Dr Miriam Daly or Dr Doreen Myers. We can do a comprehensive medical assessment and order blood tests and semenanalysis and ultrasound scan (if needed) and give advice. Once the blood test results are back we can refer you you to a fertility expert, if needed. 

If is generally recommended that you see your GP after 1 year of trying to become pregnant if:

• you and your partner are healthy
• the woman trying to get pregnant is younger than 35

It is advised you should see your GP after 6 months of trying to become pregnant if:

• the woman trying to get pregnant is older than 35
• you or your partner have health problems that could affect fertility, such as previous gynaecological problems or medical problems. 

For some useful information read here

HSE Attending your GP with Fertility Problems

Apply for your Medical Card Online

Download Medical Card Application Form

Medical Card Change Of Doctor Form

European Health Insurance card- E111/EHIC

Application form for Maternity Benefit

Health Expenses claim form relief - MED1 form

Claim form for disability allowance

Claim form for Carers Allowance - form CR1

Eyesight test for drivers licence

Driver License Medical Form