Make an appointment
All consultations are by appointment. Please contact us by telephone on 0749151468.
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Routine appointments for registered patients can be booked online via the pippo app. Sign Up to Pippo here.
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In order for our administrative team to help direct you to the most appropriate appointment type or time, they make ask you about why you need an appointment. Admin staff may be able to help with some issues, and the practice nurse can also deal with many issues.
This helps urgent issues get seem more quickly, issues that may require longer consultations get the appropriate time, or consultations that require lab deliveries to happen on the correct day. We assure you that all your personal details are dealt with sensitively and confidentially.
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Patients with severe chest pain, sudden shortness of breath, severe allergic reactions, suspected stroke, collapse or loss of consciousness, should call the Emergency services/Ambulance on 999.
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If you require a consultation for a procedure or specific test, such as childhood vaccinations, antenatal visits, cervical smear, contraceptive device fitting, cryotherapy or minor surgery, please specify when making a booking
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If your problem is of an urgent nature, please inform our administrative staff to allow us to triage and offer you an appointment accordingly.
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Standard appointment
We offer 15 minute appointments and aim to keep delays to a minimum.
If you need a longer appointment (complex problems/multiple issues or mental health, for example) please mention this at time of booking.
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Extended appointments
Longer appointments and combined nurse and doctor appointment are needed for certain procedures ( 6 week post natal checks, Implanon insertion and removal, well man and well woman checks, pre-employment medicals and some others). Please specify any specific appointment types when booking
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Blood tests
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To have a blood test, you must initially attend the GP for consultation.
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Certain blood tests for monitoring of chronic conditions and medication can be booked directly with the nurse.
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We have a lab delivery on a Tuesday and Thursday at lunchtime, so blood tests are booked for these mornings. f you attend for a blood test outside of these times you will be asked to either delivery the samples to the lab in Letterkenny or return at another time for the blood test.
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Telephone consultations
Most issues are best dealt with via a face to face appointment. Face-to-face GP appointments are longer, more comprehensive, higher in quality and create more trust between a patient and doctor than telemedicine. Extensive research reveals that telemedicine reduces elements of care, information exchange and consultation time leading to consequences for overall care.
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Certain single-issue or follow up consultations may be suitable for telephone consultations.