We accept babies and children of all ages, and take on under 6 medical cards when the parents also attend us. We offer breastfeeding advice to new parents, provide infant vaccinations and offer additional vaccines such as chicken pox. We recently ran a catch-up programme for children who missed out on the Meningitis B vaccine, supported by the Aviva Stadium Community Fund and GSK.
We are a normal GP practice, looking after public and private patients.
We are 2 doctors, myself and Dr Sinead Beirne, and a nurse (my Mrs Caitriona O’Sullivan, who is practice nurse, midwife, breastfeeding support etc). We share 3 reception staff with the other GP practice.
We provide the full range of GP services, from cradle to grave, including maternity care, cervical screening, childhood and travel vaccination, contraception, health screening, ECG, lung function testing, chronic illness care, blood tests, repeat prescriptions and so on, but we also have some specialized services that are not commonly found in most practices:
- Minor surgery procedures, from ingrown toenails and cysts to moles and skin cancers, wart freezing etc. We take referrals from all over Dublin and carry out approx. 700 procedures annually
- We provide ultrasound scanning, including general abdominal scanning, assessment of prostate, aorta, gallstones, uterus, and pregnancy scanning.
- As a result, we have an extensive maternity practice, participate in shared antenatal care with the hospital, offer midwife care and provide comprehensive breastfeeding support for new parents.
- We combine ultrasound and surgical skills to find and remove contraceptive implants that get lost in people’s arms
- We have substantial expertise in diabetes care.
