Sept 23

Dear Patients,

We wish to inform you Dr Gavin O’Reilly will be leaving the practice on the Friday 29^th September 2023.

Dr Gavin has been a valued member of our medical team for the last 2 years. We would like to thank him for looking after so many of our patients during this time. 

From all at The Parks, we wish Dr Gavin all the very best in his future career.

As part of our commitment to delivering the best medical care to our patients and our community this practice has opted in for the Free GP care to children under 8 years of age. In 2015 the free under 6 GP care was introduced and as one of the first practices to offer this service to our patients, has been a successfully managed service to all.

Undoubtedly this new age bracket will add additional pressure on our daily appointments.  We are confident that with the co-operation of Parents/Guardians we will continue to see those most in need of an appointment as quickly as we can.

There will be a limit in how many patients we can safely see each day and we will continue to follow best medical practice, prioritising those in more need of an appointment.  Routine appointments should be booked in advance hopefully with the GP of your choice. Urgent same day appointments will be made and given to those in most need and the choice of GP will not be an option – For this to work, we must have the co-operation of Parents/Guardians.

Registration process for patients – open from August 12th 2023

It continues to remain the responsibility of the parent/guardian to register your child for this contract.

You will need the registering childs PPS number.

1. Log on to www.GPVisitCard.ie

2. Follow the instructions. The practice is registered under Dr Orla McCormack and under Dr Conor Maguire.

3. On completion you will receive a confirmation email telling you a request has been sent to your chosen GP for approval.

4. The surgery approves requests daily.

5. When your application is approved, a card with the GMS number on it will be sent out to you. Please contact the practice with this number to ensure your child is added correctly to our panel.

For children turning six with an existing under 6 card, this card will be automatically renewed, there is no need to reapply

6. We can only see under 8 children free of charge who are on our panel therefore we would encourage you to register now if you haven’t already done so.

The HSE HPSC (Health Protection Surveillance Centre) has recently changed the national advice about mask wearing in healthcare settings. In line with this advice, patients who do not have respiratory / Covid-19 symptoms will no longer be required to wear a mask while in the practice or during your consultation with the GP or Practice Nurse.

Any patient who wishes to wear a mask, and feels more comfortable doing so, can wear a mask.

Masks are also optional for healthcare staff, your GP/Nurse may choose to continue to wear a mask.

Any patient with respiratory symptoms MUST wear a mask at all times while in the practice.

 What this means for your appointment:

• When you are calling to make an appointment we will continue to ask all patients if you have any respiratory symptoms 
• When you arrive for your appointment, you will be asked again during check-in if you have any respiratory / Covid-19 symptoms to ensure that nothing has changed. If you have no relevant symptoms, you can enter the surgery and no longer need to wear a mask in the Waiting Room or during your consultation. You can still choose to wear a mask if you want to, and the GP or Practice Nurse may continue to wear a mask.

 Patients with respiratory symptoms

• If you do have respiratory / Covid-19 symptoms when you call to make your appointment, you will be asked to do an antigen test to ensure you are not Covid positive. If your antigen test is negative, you can attend the practice for your appointment. If you have a positive antigen test, please let us know as your appointment will need to be rescheduled. 
• If you have respiratory symptoms, and a negative antigen test, you will be asked to wear a mask for your appointment and will be asked to wait outside after you check-in until the GP or Practice Nurse calls you. This is to help protect other patients and staff from any potential spread of illness.
• If you have respiratory symptoms, the GP or Practice Nurse will also wear a mask during your consultation.

As we all get used to this new approach to healthcare, with masks for respiratory symptoms only, we ask that you respect these guidelines and wear a mask when requested to do so.

We look forward to seeing everyone’s face again and hope to see the smiles that have been hidden behind masks for the last number of years!

The surgery will be closed from 1pm on Friday 7th April and will reopen Tuesday 11th April. Should you need medical assistance outside our opening hours please contact Northdoc on 1850 22 44 77

Wishing all our patients and their families a happy and healthy Easter…

The surgery will be closed on Friday 17th March 2023. Should you need medical assistance please contact our out of hours provider NORTHDOC on 1850 22 44 77

LÁ FHÉILE PÁDRAIG SONA DHUIT!

We will be closed for the bank holiday on Monday 6th February and will reopen Tuesday 7th February.

For medical assistance outside our opening hours please contact Northdoc on1850 22 44 77

We are running Covid Booster Clinics every Thursday afternoon. Please contact us 018203303 to make your appointment.

A very Happy and Healthy New Year to all our patients and their families.

Thank you from all at The Parks for your thoughtfulness and generosity shown to us over Christmas.

It was greatly appreciated by us all.

Christmas Hours 2022

Mon 19^th Dec                     Normal Hours

Tues 20^th Dec                     Normal Hours

Wed 21^st Dec                      Normal Hours

Thurs 22^nd Dec                   Normal Hours                                Non routine/Emergencies ONLY

Fri 23^rd Dec                         9am to last app 1.30pm                Non routine/Emergencies ONLY

The Surgery will then close and reopen on Wednesday 28^th December for Emergencies ONLY

Wed 28^th Dec                     9am to last app 12.30pm               Non routine/Emergencies ONLY

Thurs 29^th Dec                   9am to last app 12.30pm               Non routine/Emergencies ONLY

Fri 30^th Dec                         9am to last app 12.30pm              Non routine/Emergencies ONLY

Normal surgery hours will re-commence on Tuesday 3^rd Jan 2023

For medical assistance outside these hours, please contact our out of hours provider

Northdoc

1850 22 44 77

We would like to wish all our patients and their families a healthy and Happy Christmas and a wonderful New Year!

Please note there will be a small increase in our fees due to rising costs from Nov 1st 2022.

Full details are available in the fees section of this website.

The main change will see our fee for a GP consultation change from 60 euro to 65 euro.

As a practice we always aim to do our best, to deliver the best medical care we can to you and to your family and we thank you for your continued support.