Medical Card Services in Ashbourne, Co. Meath

Details

We are accepting medical card patients including on the Under 6 scheme. We accept both full medical cards and Doctor Visit cards.

Our routine clinic times for medical card patients is Monday – Friday from 9am until 5pm (last appointment is 4.30pm). This is for patients registered with RocDoc only. Routine matters will not be dealt with outside of these times. Please do not be offended if we cannot offer you an appointment and we ask that you contact us first to see appointment availability.

As a medical card patient we can only see patients registered with RocDoc for routine matters as part of this clinic in hours, very strict HSE regulations apply for patients not registered with RocDoc and / or Out of Hours matters to be seen.

At time of making your appointment you should notify reception that you are a medical card holder in order for the card to be validated online and we always suggest that you carry your GMS card with you or at least know the number. We need to validate your details to ensure that the card is still valid and you are still registered with RocDoc. Should we be unable to validate your details then you may be liable to treatments as a private patient and RocDoc can not reimburse patients afterwards if we could not validate details and / or you later qualify for a scheme.

FAQ

What are the hours for this service?

Our routine clinic times for medical card patients is Monday – Friday from 9am until 5pm (last appointment being 4.30pm). This is for patients registered with RocDoc only.

Routine appointments will not be dealt with outside of these times and therefore cannot be pre-booked.

Please do not be offended if an appointment is refused due to the above.

What if I need a GP on the weekend?

If you are registered with RocDoc under the medical card schemes you cannot be seen for a routine matter outside of our routine clinic times (Monday – Friday, 9am until 5pm).

A patient can only be seen outside of the routine clinic times under the medical card schemes if the matter is urgent / non routine and cannot be safety deferred until normal routine in hours clinic. The matter must also require immediate attention and in the opinion of the treating medical practitioner would be injurious to the patients’ health to wait and must always be a face to face consultation. If the matter falls into these categories then the patient may be seen in our Out of Hours surgery which commences after the routine clinic until 9pm, Saturdays, Sundays, Public Holidays and Good Friday. Outside of these hours please contact Doctor on Duty on 01 453 9333.

If you are not registered with RocDoc then you cannot be seen under the medical card schemes at RocDoc and must seek advice from the GP that you are registered with.

We cannot offer follow up appointments, reviews, repeat prescriptions, sick certs, dressing changes, etc. outside of the routine clinic hours.

RocDoc reserve the right to decline treatment under the medical card schemes should the matter be routine.

Can I attend RocDoc if I am not a registered patient?

If you are not registered with RocDoc then you cannot be seen under the medical card schemes at RocDoc and must seek advice from the GP that you are registered with.

What if I am a public patient?

If you are a public patient (medical card holder) then you must notify reception at the time of making the appointment. Should you fail to notify reception at the time of making the appointment, you do not have your card with you, we are unable to validate your details, your card has expired, your details are not found on the GMS system then you will be liable for all applicable charges. RocDoc are unable to reimburse patients for treatments done privately if they forgot their medical card and / or later qualify for a medical card scheme.

If you are a public patient and not registered with RocDoc then you can only be seen as an emergency / urgent patient. We cannot see you again for any follow up appointments such as wound cleaning, dressing changes, reviews, repeat prescriptions, sick certs, etc. You must return to the surgery for which you are registered for these. Reception will not make these appointments for you.

Types of cards under the GMS scheme

Under the GMS scheme there are currently two types of cards:

Full Medical Card
Doctor Visit Card or DV Card

Is everything covered?

No, not everything is covered under the medical card schemes. For the Under 6 and Doctor Visit cards prescriptions are not covered. Also, the following are not covered:

Driving licence medicals

Driving licence eye test

Passport / identity reports

Smear test

Travel vaccines

Blood tests (unless requested by the registered GP)

Health checks and associated tests

Laboratory courier charges

Medical reports / examinations for legal purposes

Employment /pre employment medicals

Fitness to partake in sports / school entry

Dressing / dressing changes

Private sick certs, school attendance notes, etc.

How do I apply?

Information about the HSE medical card and Doctors visit card can be found here – HSE CARDs

Click here if you are eligible for Medical Card & GP Visit Card

Testimonials

Excellent trouble free service. Thanks to Makiesse for helping me with on the customer help chat with some queries I had- lovely to deal with and sorted out my queries very quickly and professionally
Caitriona Higgins
7/08/2022
Had a great experience both on site and when using the chat option on web site where all queries were promptly answered by Makiesse. Would recommend
Nigel Foley
7/03/2022
The facility at the Shannon Airport absolutely wonderful! I was a late walk since I and had just landed . I wanted to get the test done before my early next day departure. Nothing on my phone worked the way I wanted, but the 3 lady’s T,L, and L ( first letter of each their first name) walked me through the process! They even left little after official closing, to make sure I had the results.
They went way above and beyond their responsibilities!
Thank you , Thank you!
John Kappeyne van de Coppello
6/11/2022
Testing Center, took us in almost 2 hours earlier than our scheduled time which we were really grateful for. Otherwise we would’ve missed our flight. We got our test results in about 10 minutes! Very smooth easy transaction.
Lisa Brown-Hite
6/04/2022
I spoke with Makiesse changing my appointment for more than 30 min, with out her help I couldn't make it change my appointment, she is a credit for RocDoc. well done Makiesse you are well trained customer service.
Asmerom Haile
5/27/2022
My wife and I arrived in Dublin in the evening and we had an afternoon flight to the United States the next day. I was having difficulty finding a testing center that would provide express return results for Covid. I finally found RocDoc and set up an appointment for the next morning for us both. The team was very friendly and efficient, we both had our tests done in 10 minutes and we had the results back in about an hour. A worker even called a taxi for us. They were great and helped in a stressful situation.
Chaz
5/09/2022
Excellent service from start to finish. They saw me super quickly. I had booked the wrong test but they kindly explained to me how to fix it and helped me through it. Seen super quickly. All of the staff were very polite and the rest didn’t hurt a bit (first time ever that it didn’t hurt me). Really nice. Then I couldn’t access my document but within a minute Makiesse in the chat sorted it out and sent it to me. I’m so happy from start to finish. Quick, clean, kind staff and competent. Some of the reviews here had worried me but I wanted to say that I’m glad I used them and will use them again. Thank you all.
nic c
5/07/2022
it was very easy. clinic is right next to the terminal at shannon airport. we went in, and Liz was super helpful in scheduling us for appointments. She helped us set up online accounts, and even walked back to the terminal with us to where there was wifi to help.us complete the booking. the next day we showed up and were in and out and on our way in less than 15 minutes.
Daniel McCarville
4/02/2022
The people on chat were very helpful and informative. When I realized I set the wrong date for the test I was pleasantly surprised at how easy it was to change the date. Sydney, through the chat, changed it for me in less than a minute and was very friendly. Thank you, Sydney!
Kathleen Leary
3/21/2022
The two lads that helped me were incredible (at check in and doing the test). The results were faster than I could have imagined. It was a little more expensive than I would have hoped, but I would pay double knowing what I know now.
SOS Golf Tour
3/09/2022

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