The location of your appointment will be written on your appointment letter – make sure you arrive at the right location as we have OPD clinics in Beaumont, St Joseph’s Hospital and in our satellite clinic in Omni Shopping Centre.

Yes, generally a Consultant will ask you what medications you are taking.  If it’s easier, just bring a list of all your medications – your Pharmacist will give you this list.

While we generally ask that patients arrive alone for their appointments we understand that some patients will need help – so if this applies to you then yes of course you can bring someone with you.  You can also ask that our companion comes into the appointment with you so you understand everything you are being told.  They may be asked to wait outside if the doctor wants to examine you. 

Please arrive at the Hospital 10 minutes before your appointment time, however do allow time for parking.

Yes, if English is not your first language we can arrange an Interpreter/Translator to go to your appointment with you.  To arrange this you must contact the Clinic Secretary at least a week before your appointment date so arrangements can be made.  Check the letter you received confirming your appointment for the contact details

You can contact the clinic secretary directly to reschedule your appointment to another date. Check the letter you received confirming your appointment for the contact details you need. The clinic secretary contact details are also available on the consultant section of the website under the name of your consultant.

Each specialty has different length waiting lists, so it is difficult to give an exact timeframe, but rest assured we will issue an appointment as soon as possible.  Appointments are given based on clinical need – generally routine or urgent.

You will receive a text message confirming that we have received your referral for an outpatient appointment.

Sometimes when we get a referral from a GP to a service (rather than to a particular Consultant) we will place those patients on the shortest waiting list for that service.

If your GP specifies a Consultant then we will try to make sure that you see that doctor. Sometimes a GP will refer to a specialty or a service (Orthopaedics for instance). In that case your referral will be reviewed by the Medical Team and you will be placed on the waiting list for a Consultant with sub-specialist expertise in the area specific to your needs (for example, knee surgery is a sub-specialty of orthopaedics)