20Dec

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

 

13Dec

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.

13Dec

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. 

6Oct

We are pleased to once again offer our patients the annual flu vaccine, recommended by the HSE for those at particular risk. Our first clinic is a walk-in for patients 18 years and older (no appointment needed) between 2-4pm on Tuesday, October 4th. Further clinics will be held and our website will be updated in the near future.

We have not yet received our allocation of Nasal Flu vaccines (recommended for those aged 2-17 years).

Flu vaccines are available free of charge to the following groups listed below. We regret that we are not able to facilitate those who fall outside these groups.

  • People aged 65 years or older.
  • All pregnant women at any stage of pregnancy.
  • Children aged 2-17 years.
  • Those aged 6-23 months and 13 to 64 years who are at increased risk of Influenza- related complications:
    • Chronic illness, for example history of heart attacks/heart stents/heart failure, strokes, COPD/emphysema or moderate to severe asthma or other long term lung conditions, diabetes, haemochromatosis, MS, kidney problems.
    • Those with suppressed immune systems due to disease or treatment (chemotherapy, long term steroid users), or missing/non-functioning spleen
    • All cancer patients
    • Those with any condition that can compromise respiratory function (e.g. spinal cord injury, seizure disorder, or other neuromuscular disorder,) especially those attending special schools/ day centres
    • Children and adults with Down syndrome
    • Children with moderate with conditions such as cerebral palsy and intellectual disability
    • Children on long term aspirin therapy
    • Those with morbid obesity (Body mass index >40)
  • Healthcare workers
  • Household contacts of people with underlying chronic health condition or Down syndrome
  • Out-of-home care givers for people who have an underlying chronic health condition or have Down syndrome. A carer is someone who provides ongoing significant level of care to a person who is in need of care in the home due to illness or disability or frailty.
  • People in regular contact with pigs, poultry or waterfowl

Further information on flu vaccines is available on the HSE website.

3Oct

In line with HSE recommendations, we have replaced our Covid vaccines and now supply “Adapted” vaccines, which provide additional protection against the Omicron variant circulating at present.

These new vaccines are supplied by both Pfizer and Moderna, both of which are supplied in the surgery, and are suitable for those patients seeking booster vaccines. They are not suitable for those looking for their first or second (primary course) vaccines – these are available through the HSE’s Covid Vaccination Centres.

Boosters are available to those whose last booster was more than 4 months ago, and who haven’t had a covid infection in the last 4 months.

Covid boosters are available on a regular basis at the surgery – please email info@inchicoremedical.ie, contact us through our webforms or phone the surgery to enquire.

Further information on boosters can be found on the HSE website