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Anyone used the Doctor in UCD?

  • 04-02-2010 2:22pm
    #1
    froosh69
    Registered Users Posts: 266 ✭✭


    Hi,
    Got a bit of a problem and need to see a doc. Has anyone used the one in UCD?

    I'd rather not go to the one at home.
    How much does it cost, is there a waiting list and is he/she any good?

    Thanks in advance,


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  • #2
    RandolphEsq
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,296 ✭✭✭RandolphEsq


    froosh69 wrote: »
    Hi,
    Got a bit of a problem and need to see a doc. Has anyone used the one in UCD?

    I'd rather not go to the one at home.
    How much does it cost, is there a waiting list and is he/she any good?

    Thanks in advance,

    It used to be free but now costs something like €25 which is very good for a doctor!
    And they are used to receiving all sorts of 'embarrassing' or 'awkward' complaints.
    Not sure about the waiting list now that you have to pay and all the abusers of the free doctor have stopped being so petty. I found them to be good, the one time I went


  • #3
    Susie-O-
    Closed Accounts Posts: 51 ✭✭Susie-O-


    they're not very good...I know it's cheaper than seeing a regular GP, but it's tough to get an appointment and they're not great....Slievemore Clinic in Stillorgan has some great doctors (it is 65 euro tho!) would probably get a cheap-ish GP in town!


  • #4
    Pigwidgeon
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,590 ✭✭✭Pigwidgeon


    I think the waiting list for an appointment is about a week or two.
    But you can queue up and visit the nurse on the day, and if needs be they'll send you into the doctor.
    Although, make sure you have a lot of free time, think I was waiting about 2 hours for the nurse and another 2 for the doctor.

    The doctor was ok, but not great, probably because my own GP knows my whole history and I know her now, but they'll do like.


  • #5
    convert
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,339 ✭✭✭convert


    If you're very sick or it's an urgent appointment, then you'll have to see the nurse first, and then wait to see the doctor. And as pointed out above, expect to be waiting quite a while. Otherwise you'll have to wait about a week or 10 days for an appointment.

    I've been to the doctor a few times, and I've found it really depends on the doctor on duty as to how good they are. There's one doctor I will refuse to go and see, no matter how sick I am, simply because I don't like them and don't think they're very good. However, the other doctors have been fine and I'd be happy enough to visit them.

    It's about €25 to see the doctor, and there's also a fee, think it's €10, to see the nurse. So you're looking at about €35 quid to see the doctor. Cheaper than 'normal' prices, but it depends on how long you have to hang around.


  • #6
    Clementine
    Closed Accounts Posts: 77 ✭✭Clementine


    Just to clarify, from experience, if you see the nurse it's 10euro, if she refers you to the doctor it's an additional 15euro (total 25euro). If you go straight into the doctor it's 25euro.

    And sometimes you can wait to see the doctor directly without going into the nurse, depends how busy they are it seems, things have changed since they brought in the charges.

    Oh, and it's all billed to your student account so you don't need to bring cash with you which is handy.


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  • #7
    parker kent
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,289 ✭✭✭parker kent


    I've used one of the doctors there a few times in the past year and found her to be very good. They have a few other doctors there, but hopefully they are all as good as her.


  • #8
    WeeBushy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,572 ✭✭✭WeeBushy


    You've got the clap don't you? ;)

    I've never gone to the doc in UCD myself but know several people who have. They didn't have much trouble getting an appointment and thought the doc was good.

    Good luck :)


  • #9
    IM0
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,390 ✭✭✭IM0


    WeeBushy wrote: »
    You've got the clap don't you? ;)
    ^
    says Weebushy ^ :D


  • #10
    Blush_01
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,016 ✭✭✭Blush_01


    Used the doctor three times when I was in UCD - twice for chest infections, and once when I got my finger stuck in a door (looooong story).

    Back then, in the good old free days, they didn't give me an appointment, they told me to come in and see the nurse, who referred me immediately to the doctor (maybe I just sounded particularly sick?). Both the nurses and doctors were lovely at that stage.


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