Local News:

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Heart of Killarney

The Heart of Killarney is an initiative to increase awareness of the locations of public access AEDs.  The Phone Box AED is the latest initiative to help make Killarney become the most ‘heart safe’ town in Ireland.  The AED unit is located in an iconic telephone box on Main Street, in the heart of Killarney town centre.  There are currently  13 public access AEDs in Killarney. These devices have been proven to significantly improve the chances of survival for someone who has an ‘out of hospital’ cardiac arrest.The Heart of Killarney compliments the existing services in achieving the overall goal of reducing the number of lives lost to sudden cardiac arrests each year.

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Clinic News:

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A facemask is required when you are visiting a healthcare setting. Please bring a face covering when attending your appointment.

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Seasonal Flu Vaccine 2022/2023

We now have the Flu Vaccine in stock. 

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You can get a free flu vaccine if you are:

• aged 65 years and older

• aged 2 to 17 years

• a healthcare worker

• pregnant

• living in a nursing home or other long-term care facility

• in regular contact with pigs, poultry or waterfowl

• People with these conditions can also get a free flu vaccine:

• chronic heart disease, including acute coronary syndrome

• chronic liver disease

• chronic kidney failure

• chronic respiratory disease, including chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), cystic fibrosis, moderate or severe asthma, or bronchopulmonary dysplasia

• chronic neurological disease including multiple sclerosis, hereditary and degenerative disorders of the central nervous system

• diabetes

• Down syndrome

• haemoglobinopathies

• a body mass index (BMI) over 40

• immunosuppression due to disease or treatment (including asplenia or hyposplenism, and all cancer patients)

• children with a moderate to severe neurodevelopmental disorder such as cerebral palsy

• children on long-term aspirin therapy

• any condition that can compromise respiratory function, like spinal cord injury, seizure disorder or other neuromuscular disorder, especially people also attending special schools or day centres

Free flu vaccines will be offered to carers or household contacts of people who have:

• a health condition listed above

• Down syndrome

Please phone reception to make your appointment. 

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14/09/2022

Free Contraception

A new free contraception service has been launched to provide free prescription and emergency contraception for 17 to 25 year old women and people with a uterus.

Full details available here: https://bit.ly/3QBZm9e

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25/08/2022

New GP Registrar

We are delighted to welcome our new GP Registrar Dr Aoife De Faoite.

 

Park Medical Practice is a training practice and part of the South West GP Training Scheme. GP Registrars are fully qualified and registered doctors, i.e. they have passed out of medical school and completed their 2 years of preregistration in hospital and been admitted as fully registered doctors on to the Irish Medical Council list.

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Online payment option

At Park Medical Practice we have an online payment system whereby you will receive a text message after your appointment with a link to pay online. 

 

Where possible we request that you pay in person after your appointment but if for example you have a telephone consultation or a renewal of a private prescription, you will receive a text message with a link to pay your bill. Reminder messages for outstanding payments will be made through this text message system also. 

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Planning to Travel Abroad? 

Reduce the risk of getting sick by having the correct vaccinations before you go. We provide a full travel vaccination service.

Please make an appointment as soon as you know your travel plans and we will be glad to arrange the immunisations that you need. Some vaccinations may require a course of injections so please come to see us well in advance of travel.  To make an appointment Tel: 064 - 6634111 

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Blood Pressure Monitoring

Men are more likely to suffer form high blood pressure than women, with an estimated one million people in Ireland currently at risk, according to the latest research from the Irish Heart Charity. 

This "silent Killer" often goes undetected as many of those who suffer from high blood pressure often feel fine. 

Undetected high blood pressure leads to an increased risk of Stroke, Heart disease, Kidney damage and even can threaten sight or cause ulcers in certain patients especially if Diabetes is alongside high BP.

If a high reading is picked up we can organize 24 Blood Pressure Monitoring - which is free to medical Card Holders, and details for all are available at reception. 

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Saturday mornings - emergency appointments

Please note with effect from 8th October 2016 SouthDoc will cover all emergency appointments on a Saturday morning for patients of Park Medical Practice. Our premises will close at 6pm on a Friday evening and reopen on a Monday morning. From 6pm on Friday until 8am on Monday please contact SouthDoc on 1850 335 999.