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Hospital Visits

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  • 01-09-2010 1:03pm
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    Liv09
    Registered Users Posts: 8 ✭


    I had my first consultant visit about 3 weeks ago and when I was leaving made an appointments at reception but its for the mid-wives clinic at the end of this month. Can anyone tell me is this is the norm or should they just have booked me in for another consultant visit? Any info on this would be appreciated. Thanks.


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    crazy cat lady
    Registered Users Posts: 1,196 ✭✭✭crazy cat lady


    Are you going public? If so you are probably better off going to the midwives clinic than attending the out-patients clinic. You are only guaranteed to see a consultant if you go private. A consultant will usually see you for your first visit if you are going to Holles St, but after that it is unlikely that you will see a consultant and if you do it is unlikely to be the same one as before.

    Also, are you doing combined care? If so you should only have to attend the hospital every 8 weeks and see your GP in between (so you are seen every 4 weeks but alternating between your GP and the hospital)

    Hope this helps


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    Liv09
    Registered Users Posts: 8 ✭Liv09


    Yup I am indeed going public in the Coombe and combined care. Thanks for the info. Much appreciated.


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    How Strange
    Registered Users Posts: 6,339 ✭✭✭How Strange


    I'm doing public combine care in the coombe and my 1st visit was with a midwife, next 1 with a consultant, got an app with my doctor next wk and a hospital app for early oct. I'm assuming that's with a midwife. So far so good and I find the midwives lovely and personable and they give you lots of time. My consultant was lovely too but she had a lot of patients to get through when I was there.


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    Liv09
    Registered Users Posts: 8 ✭Liv09


    @ How Strange - I just wanted to see if anyone else had the same appointments. Thats grand - has put my mind at ease. All the staff that I have encountered in the Coombe have been very friendly and helpful. The amount of people waiting to be seen is mad. But they manage to get through everyone as quickly as possible with no fuss.


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