Newtown Medical Practice

Measles is a serious viral infection that spreads very easily. Make sure you get the MMR vaccine before you travel abroad, if you are not up to date with your vaccines. Even, if you’re not sure if you’ve had the vaccine before, it’s still safe to get one to make sure you’re protected.

Learn more: https://bit.ly/3REAYY1

Extra MMR vaccine advised for babies 6-12 months prior to travelling abroad.

We wish Dr Tommy a fond farewell and the best of luck as he embarks on an exciting career in GP.

It's that time of year again where we say farewell to the GP trainee who has been with us for the past year and we welcome a new Doctor who will be with us for the next year as they complete their GP training.

We look forward to hearing of how his career evolves in the coming years.

We welcome our new GP trainee, Dr Amy Lloyd, who has finished her first day with us and is looking forward to getting to know the community here.

We are devastated to hear of the death of an adult from Measles in the Dublin-Leinster area. 😢

Below is an image depicting symptoms of measles. If you think you, or your child, may have measles please call us to discuss before attending the practice.

We are helping the HSE with a vaccination catch up programme for children under 10 who may have missed the MMR vaccine in the past. All children who received all their baby vaccines, and vaccines in junior infants, are fully protected and do not need any further doses at this time. Please book with us if your child missed their vaccine and you would like them have this vaccine now.

We are hoping this catch up programme will soon be extended to older children and young adults. We will be happy to help with providing MMR for these age groups also.

The friends and family of the deceased are in our thoughts at this time.

We are back OPEN today and have appointments available if you need to see a doctor.

We hope all in our community had a peaceful Christmas.

We have some appointments available to administer the free nasal flu vaccine to children under 12 on Tuesday and Friday afternoon this week. Call 01-2811662 to book

This is an easily administered vaccine and we highly recommend it.

Many of you may have noted that we have introduced a fee of €15 for processing private prescriptions since August 1st.

This fee reflects the time involved in reviewing each prescription request. We review each request to ensure each prescription is being safely monitored and prescribed.

While such a fee is standard in many GP practices we have not charged it till now. We have tried extremely hard to avoid increasing our fees in the current climate of very significant increasing running costs in the day to day functioning of the practice. We hope the introduction of this fee will help us avoid increasing our other fees at this time as we are very aware that current living costs significantly affect many in our community.

Thank you for your understanding.

We are now booking appointments on Friday October 13th and 20th for adults who are recommended for a flu or covid booster vaccine.
Please call 02-2811662 or email reception@newtowmedical to book your appointment.

See what vaccines are recommended for you: https://bit.ly/3ZxTZOB

Top-up your immunity with the COVID-19 and flu vaccines to make sure you're protected in the months ahead.

See what vaccines are recommended for you and book an appointment today: https://bit.ly/3ZxTZOB

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Spring Covid boosters are recommended for those over 70 years of age and are available today. Please call to book your appointment

FREE webinar 'Living Well with Asthma and COPD' via zoom with keynote speaker Dr. Stanley Miller, Clinical Lead for the National Clinical Programme Respiratory. Other speakers are Eilís Ní Chaithnía (Asthma Society of Ireland) and Joan Johnston (COPD Support Ireland).

📅 Wednesday 25th January
🕖 7 - 8 pm

Please register at the link in our bio or copy and paste this link into your browser 👉http://ow.ly/c81I50MtG7P

Due to issues beyond our control our phones are unavailable this afternoon. The team have worked exceptionally hard this week to meet a need that has been greater than in any previous years.
EDOC is available from 6pm today at 01-2344500.
We will re-open Wednesday morning at 9am.
We would like to wish all in our communities a peaceful and healthy Christmas.

The Community Healthcare Worker of the Year 2022 was bestowed upon GP ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF NATIONALLY this week at the Irish Healthcare awards.

We would like to take the opportunity to thank our Front Line here in Newtown Medical Practice who work tirelessly in a frequently challenging environment.

Míle Buíochas!

We have some extra space this morning for anyone hoping to get their flu or Covid vaccines up to date in time for Christmas.
Call 01-2811662 to book an appointment.

Today a new free contraception service has been launched to provide free prescription and emergency contraception for 17 to 25 year old women and people.
Full details available here: https://bit.ly/3QBZm9e

Covid means reduced staff here this week. 🤒
Some routine care will be deferred for a week.☹
Please be patient with us.

Please be patient with us this week as we will have to defer many routine appointments. Many affected by this will already have received a text asking them to reschedule appointments. We will continue to provide all urgent care and any care that simply cannot wait the week. Be assured that will be back to normal service on Monday 11th.

Unfortunately COVID has struck several team members here at Newtown Medical. Thankfully all have mild symptoms so far and are looking forward to getting back to work soon.

Unfortunately there is an electricity outage in the area this morning. We hope it will be restored by mid-morning. Our phones and ability to book appointments or answer queries may be limited till then. Thank you for your patience.

Questions about MENOPAUSE?

The Irish College of GPs have put together a useful series of short informative videos to help women wondering about menopause and it's treatment. They are really helpful to prepare for discussing your Menopause with your GP, and to aid in decision making in relation to starting or continuing HRT. Have a look at this link.

https://www.icgpnews.ie/menopause-patient-information/

4th covid vaccine dose is now recommended for all those over 65. We are vaccinating this group on Tuesday and Wednesday afternoons here in the practice. Please call to book an appointment.

Internet failure in the area on Friday let to issues with our phones and ability to complete simple tasks such as sending prescriptions. We are thankfully back on line this morning so hope to catch up with all these tasks asap. Apologies for any inconvenience this may have caused. Many thanks, as always, for your patience and support.

Lots of adults who missed out on Covid boosters at Christmas time, because they tested positive for Covid, will soon be eligible for this booster.

We will have a few extra doses available tomorrow (Tuesday) if this would suit you.

If you had COVID-19 after your first round of vaccination, you should get your booster dose after at least:

➡️ 3 months if you are 16 or older
➡️ 6 months if you are aged 12 to 15

If you get COVID-19 again, the booster vaccine can reduce the seriousness of your symptoms. To book your booster visit: https://bit.ly/3ieBzNW

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Spring is most certainly in the air!
Great to feel and see a bit of normality out and about. :)

As we are a healthcare setting, and we have vulnerable members of our community passing through our premises every day, we are still asking people attending the practice to wear a mask.

We also ask that you let us know if you have ANY covid-like symptoms, or have recently been a close contact. We will still be happy to see you in the practice, but we will offer you an appointment at a time when we can avoid too much overlap with any vulnerable patients.

Please respect these requests and help us to continue to provide medical care while protecting those who may be vulnerable.

Another batch of Covid Vaccines arriving today.
Call to book a 1st, 2nd or booster dose next week if you need it.

Priority remains - if you have symptoms stay at home and get a test.

Information here on which test you need.

If you have any COVID-19 symptoms, it’s important that you stay home and get a test. There are 2 types of COVID-19 tests available from the HSE: antigen tests and PCR tests. Find out which test you need here: https://bit.ly/33x2vF3

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We will be doing regular covid vaccine & booster clinics again from 01/02/2022
Call or email to add you name to our list.

We are still doing Covid vaccines.

We have an extra dose this afternoon if you were thinking of booking in for your booster.....