The rollout of Covid19 vaccines for all patients over the age of 70, is due to begin the week of 15th February 2021.
The first group to be vaccinated will be age over 85, followed by age 80-84, then 75-79, then 70-74.
Flu season is here and we are encouraging everyone to get the vaccine.
Help reduce the potential burden on our hospitals this winter.
Get the 'Flu vaccine.
Drop us an email now to book in. The vaccine supplies are arriving tomorrow.
The HSE has a very useful information page, including information leaflets and videos in a number of languages.
Due to the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic and in keeping with public health guidance, we have had to make some changes to our appointment arrangements in Galway Bay Medical Centre with effect from 7th September 2020.
You can now be referred for testing if you are in one or more of the categories for priority testing and meet the testing criteria below.
If you are not in a priority group we cannot refer you for testing at this time........
As you will know, GPs can only refer patients for Covid19 tests who fit the current criteria for testing - meaning a fever plus either cough or shortness of breath, along with being in one of the at risk groups.
Since Monday 16th March, GPs can order a test for Covid-19 by electronic referral following a phone consultation with the patient..........
As we all know by now, we have seen the first cases of Covid-19 (Coronavirus) in Ireland over the past few days.
We have yet to receive confirmation of the delivery date for the 2019 'Flu vaccines but we hope to have them by end of September.
We will update once we know more...
Thank you
GBMC
Wishing all our patients, colleagues and friends a very Happy Christmas and a Happy New Year.
This is a great article by David Robert Grimes in the Irish Times today. Explains in plain English the difference between 'screening tests' and 'diagnostic tests', the limitations of screening for disease, what 'false positive' means and more, in the context of the CervicalCheck scandal....
Anam Cara Galway, an organisation that supports bereaved parents, will hold its next monthly Parent Evening on Wednesday 2nd of May from 19:30 to 21:00 in the Clayton Hotel, Old Monivea Road, Ballybrit, Galway.
Finally, we are back up and running almost as normal.
We have no heating and no carpets but phones are back.
We do have a bit of a backlog of appointments to get through but we're getting there.
You might wonder why are we posting an article about the death of a rock star most people have never heard of?
Here's why......
We are please to announce that we can now offer vaccination against Shingles.
For more information and pricing, Click here
Phone reception for an appointment
Thanks to a technical glitch..... our Fax number has changed to 091 454268....
...and no, this post is not a time traveller from the 80's... GP's still use faxes! :)
Our wonderful Clinical Psychologist and Director of Lighthouse Psychology.....
Floating Doctors are a non-profit medical relief team who operate from an expedition vessel called The Southern Wind which they use to deliver medical aid and relief to the isolated people who are their patients.
A huge step forward in modernising our Health service has been taken.....Individual Patient Identifiers are up and running.
Appointments with our Travel Vaccination clinic are in huge demand.
Along with this, there is a worldwide shortage of Hepatitis A vaccine & Typhoid vaccine with no re-supply date available from our domestic suppliers......
With further details to be announced in the coming weeks.....
This is a particularily sad and frustrating story that happens to involve Galway University Hospital but is replicated in one form or another up and down the country. We see the fall-out from it every single day in surgery......
We are pleased to announce that following a review of our costs we are able to reduce the price of this cutting edge DNA test by almost 20% to €495 euro..
Full details can be found by clicking here
Give our reception team a call to book your appointment now.
Our friends at Galway2020.ie have made a fantastic video in which the people of this amazing city talk about what they are doing to help Galway be chosen for this most prestigious title...
Dear Parents of our Under-6 year old patients,
The HSE website which allows you to register your child or children for Free GP Care is live from Monday 15th June 2015.
You will notice when you try to register that Dr Murphy, Dr Wilson and Dr Quirke do not appear on the list of registered GPs.........
Quippe Medical are a new start-up Australian company..........
Dr Sinead Murphy of Galway Bay Medical Centre was interviewed by The Connacht Tribune at the recent ICGP AGM in the Radission Galway.....
The first shots have been fired in what looks like being a very devisive dispute between GP's unions and the Department of Health....
Talk to us. Your GP is always available to discuss any form of surgery and your referral options.......
A very interesting article from Scott at Science-Based Pharmacy........
The Government has insisted its plans to introduce free GP care for all are still on track, despite an embarrassing climbdown yesterday over discretionary medical cards.
Patients who lost discretionary cards over the past year have been promised their early return once legislation promised by the Government to allow for cards to be granted on the basis of designated medical conditions is implemented...........
European Centre for Disease Prevention is advising of 11 cases of uro-genital schistosomiasis in Southern Corsica.....
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has issued an alert regarding the risk of polio spread internationally....
OUR CHILDRENS HEALTH is a multi faceted, peaceful and dignified national campaign. Our primary aim is to realise an amendment to the Health Act of 1970 that will legally entitle any child diagnosed with a serious illness or congenital condition to a full medical card for the duration of their illness.....
It was widely (and somewhat hysterically) reported this morning that the UK drug watchdog, the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has warned that users of some contraceptive pills may be at double the risk of potentially fatal venous thromboembolism (VTE) than other users..........
Our very first Xmas window is here. What started as a 'Lets just cover some stuff in cotton-wool....' kind of idea very quickly turned into carpentry and spray-painting fences on the footpath outside.. Andy the Elf was very busy with drills and saws for 2 days.
Today is European Antibiotic Awareness Day and while that may seem like an insignificant enough event to devote an entire day to, the truth is more worrying...
The Irish Medical Organisation have launched a national campaign calling on the Government to resource General Practice properly to allow us to care for you and your family safely.....
Fine Gael claim that Minister Reilly was 'screwed over' by labour. No doubt, he'll be able to sympathise with our medical card patients so....
Via TheJournal.ie:
The Irish Medical Organisation recommended yesterday that junior doctors say 'yes' to the Labour Relations Court proposal......
Via irishexaminer.com today...
'....it was less clear why Stella from Galway had the medical cards for her sons snatched away after years of state help. Referring to Mr Noonan’s lofty claim that all the children of nation should be “cherished equally”....'
Here at Galway Bay Medical Centre we pride ourselves on listening to what our patients want...
We now offer a reduced price consultation (€30) for those who only require an assessment and prescription for emergency contraception (the 'morning after pill').
We are happy to offer chickenpox (Varicella) vaccination to children aged 14 months or older.
CervicalCheck (The National Cervical Screening Programme) provides free smear tests to women aged 25 to 60.
We are happy to announce that we now offer lunchtime doctor appointments on Mondays and Thursdays. We are also open late on Thursdays until 6.30pm. In addition we have extended our nurse appointments - now available Tuesday afternoons, Wednesday afternoons, Thursday mornings and Friday mornings.