Address: Riverside Medical Centre, Mulhuddart, Dublin 15
Contact Name: Marie Kirwan, public health nurse
Email: marie.kirwan2@hse.ie
Phone: 01-6467864
Fax: 01-6467576
Web site: None
Opening Hours: Monday – Thursday 9am-5pm (I can be available friday)
Who can use the service? Official and unofficial campsites
Travellers who are settling for the first two years of living in a community.
Cost: None
Informal referrals accepted: Yes
Formal referrals accepted: Yes
Referrals accepted from: Maternity/Acute Hospitals, Pavee Point, Community Health Workers who are trained, Traveller women, Public Health Nurses, General Practitioners. Personal referral is also accepted
Centre Overview
Primary care health centre
Key Aims & Objectives of Service
To improve the health of the travelling community .identify issues that effect health and by health promotion aim is to improve the lives of my clients.
Services Provided
I am notified by the maternity hospitals of new born babies. I visit each child. I carry out development checks through out their early lives.
If there is any deviation from the normal I refer to the appropriate services. I have a holistic approach.
As a public health nurse my remit is health for all the family. I work with the community health workers from Pavee Point. We do site visits together and the women help to give the health message to the clients in a traveller friendly way. I keep the chw up to date on changes in the health board and give talks on relevant health topics through out the year.