We are happy to advise our patients that we can now provide this service in the practice. For further information please go the Services page or read below:

A well accepted method of diagnosing hypertension, high blood pressure is via the ambulatory blood pressure monitor. High blood pressure is often a silent disease and we are always on the look out for it. If any of the clinicians i.e. the GP’s or the nurses suspect you have high blood pressure, you will need to have the monitor to confirm this diagnosis.

Some people just get very anxious when they are in the clinical atmosphere of the practice and their blood pressure goes up, and it returns to normal when they are in their familiar setting. This is called white coat hypertension and by using the monitor we can diagnosis this condition also. Hypertension needs treatment, white coat hypertension does not, it only needs to be diagnosed.

The other use of the monitor in General Practice is to check that treatment is working.

The above are the three reasons that the monitor will be used at The Parks. The necessity for any patient to have the monitor carried out will be clinician led. Patients themselves cannot order the test. The clinicians will suggest the necessity for the test and will take responsibility for managing the result.

If you are diagnosed with hypertension via the monitor you will automatically need a full set of routine bloods and a visit to the GP. If you are suspected of having white coat hypertension and the monitor confirms this diagnosis your result can be given to you over the phone. If you are having the monitor to check that your medication is working correctly, if it is, you can be given the result over the phone, if you need an adjustment in your medication, you will need to be seen by the GP.

Costings.

Monitor, bloods and visit to GP                      150 euro

Monitor and visit to GP                                   120 euro

Monitor alone.                                                    80 euro

We are delighted to say that Dr Sinead Kelly Keating has returned to the practice. As you know Dr Sinead has been on sick leave however she is now back with us and her current sessions are Wednesday afternoon and Friday morning and afternoon.

The Influenza and Pneumococcal Vaccines will be available from Monday 3rd Oct 206.  Please see our tab across the top of the page for more detailed information or visit the HSE site    http://www.hse.ie/eng/health/immunisation/pubinfo/fluvaccine/flupublic/ .

Our Saturday walk in surgery will re-commence from Saturday 5th September.  This is run from 9.30-11.30am.  Should you require medical assistance outside these hours, please contact Doctor on Duty on 01 4539333.

From 5th August any patient over the age of 70 will be eligible for free GP care. Your PPS number and that of your spouse (should they also be over 70) are required for this application. We are inviting all our over 70 patients to apply for this service using one of the following ways to apply:

1) Online at http://www.gpvisitcard.ie
2) Call 1850 252 919 to request an application form to be sent to you
3) Pop into the surgery where we have application forms printed off and will happily assist you with this registration process

For more information please see our Over 70’s tab

Registering babies under 2 months with no PPS number

To register your baby without a PPS number go www.citizeninformation.ie search “GP visit cards for children under 6” and you will find the paper version of the application.  Print and complete the form leaving the PPS number blank. Bring to the surgery where Dr Orla McCormack will sign the form and you then post back to the HSE (GP visit card- Under 6’s, PO box 12629, Dublin 11.)

**Please note: NB

As soon as you receive your child’s GMS number (via text and/or post) It is very important that you contact the surgery with this information.  Children are not covered for the under 6’s scheme until this number has been inputted and verified on our system. 

Emergency Appointments for Under 6’s

The morning designated times for under 6’s are for emergencies only.  Routine appointments are carried out in the afternoons. We would ask that you respect the nature of the emergency appointments to ensure the most urgent cases are seen as quick as is possible.

One appointment per child

When making an appointment for the under 6’s please indicate at this stage if the appointment is for 1 or 2 children.  It is not possible for our GP’s to squeeze a second child into an appointment time designated to one child.

There has been a change to the primary childhood immunisation schedule for all babies born on or after the 1st July 15.  The change means your child will receive only two injections at 6 months whereas prior to this, they would have received 3. Below is the new schedule and for more information please visit:

http://www.hse.ie/eng/health/immunisation/pubinfo/babychildimm/babychildimm.html

Dr Orla McCormack is registered for The Under 6’s Contract. For information on how to register your child or for the practice policy for under 6’s please visit the “under 6 contract” tab across the top of this page.

Thank you to everyone who supported our research into our phone systems and many thanks to to all our patients who took the time to give us their feedback. We also carried out an internal phone log to find out how you, our patients were using our phone system.

On analysis of the above information we intend to implement the changes as outlined below:

1. Dr Orla’s Phone in Service.
Presently this service is provided Monday to Friday 9– 9.30am except Wednesday. This service operates through the main phone line and as such causes extra congestion at a time when we know the phone service is already at its busiest.

From June 1st, the number to contact Orla during the phone in service is 01 8203582.

This is a dedicated phone line used exclusively for the phone in service and only operational Monday-Friday 9-9.30am except Wednesday. Please be aware that should you try to contact Dr Orla through the main phone line, 01 8203303 from June 1st we will be unable to put you through to Dr Orla.

2) Extra Staff 
Through our phone in log we have clarified that the busiest time of phone use by you, our patient is from 9-9.30am and 2-2.30pm.

From June 1st, we will have an extra staff member answering the phone at these times (9-9.30am and 2-2.30pm)

3) Phone switched on earlier
Your feedback and our phone log has clarified that the most congestion on the phone system is in the morning.

From June 1st, our phone lines will open at 8.45 am every morning Monday – Friday

We sincerely hope that the above initiatives will improve the service we provide to you. We would also ask for your co-operation and patience during the transition phase.

As always, your feedback is valued and welcomed, so please feel free to drop a note into our comments box in the waiting room or simply tell the girls at reception. They will be only too happy to pass it on.

For all test results please contact our nursing team on Monday’s-Thursday’s from 2-3pm on 0862047305. Please note that some routine blood tests may take up to 10 working days to be processed.  For ultrasounds, x-ray’s and MRI results please leave your details with our reception team who will ensure you are contacted with your results