Following an announcement from the HSE last week, an additional round of covid vaccinations is now available for those aged 18 to 49 years of age.
We are pleased to continue to offer these vaccinations within the surgery, and we are happy to offer vaccines to people not currently registered with the practice as well as current patients.
Simply contact the surgery by email or phone to book your vaccination today!
With Christmas upon us, Inchicore Medical Centre would like to take this opportunity to wish all our patients a safe and healthy Christmas season, and a Happy New Year!
As you know, our opening hours will change over the next couple of weeks and Out of Hours cover is in place. Our opening hours will be as follows:
| Friday 23rd December |
8.30am – 12.30pm |
| Monday 26th December |
CLOSED |
| Tuesday 27th December |
CLOSED |
| Wednesday 28th December |
8.30-12.30 pm (Urgent Appointments only) |
| Thursday 29th December |
8.30-12.30 pm (Urgent Appointments only) |
| Friday 30th December |
8.30-12.30 pm (Urgent Appointments only) |
| Monday 2nd January |
CLOSED |
| Tuesday 3rd January |
Normal hours resume |
The following out of hours services are available when the practice is closed:
DubDOC 01 454 5607
- Wed 28th/Thurs 29th/Fri 30th – open 6-10pm
- Sat 31st/Sun 1st/Mon 2nd – open 10am – 6pm
- During the Covid period, a DubDOC GP is available for phone consultations at other times is 10pm – 8am midweek and 6pm-10am at weekends. House calls are provided in limited circumstances.
Doctor on Duty 01 4300880
- Available when DubDOC not open for face to face consultations
We recommend that all prescription requests are forwarded in good time to ensure they have an adequate supply of medications over the Christmas period.
All the very best from the Inchicore Medical Centre team
We are starting to see a number of cases of influenza in children in the local community.
To offer the best protection against influenza, the HSE recommend a flu vaccine for all children. For children aged 2-17, a nasal flu vaccine is available in the practice. This is well tolerated by most children and involves a quick spray into each nostril.
If a child has not previously had a flu vaccine, and is younger than 9 years, 2 doses are recommended, one month apart.
Children’s’ flu vaccines are available by appointment with our nurse.
We are pleased to advise that the HSE’s Free Contraception scheme, first announced in September 2022 for women aged 17-25, will be extended from January 1st, 2023 to include all women aged 26.
This means that women aged 17-26 will be able to avail of free contraception consultations with one of our GPs, as well as free fitting of Long Acting Reversible Contraception (LARC) options, which include:
- Mirena / Kyleena coils
- Implanon (“bar”)
- Depo injections
The scheme covers the cost of the above devices, and also covers the cost of contraceptive pills (“Combined pill” or “Mini pill”) for all eligible women.
When booking your GP appointment, please mention that you are booking a Contraception consultation. Further information on your options is available on the HSE’s website.
