During the Covid 19 pandemic, please read the following Important Notices:
Also please see link below for useful information re Covid vaccines / testing / symptoms / close contacts/ self isolation etc :
​https://www2.hse.ie/conditions/covid19/

 Appointments
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Please do not attend the surgery without prior arrangement.
If you are given an appointment, please wait in your car and phone the practice on arrival. If you do not come by car, please phone the practice on arrival and wait outside. 

When you phone the surgery, our reception staff will ask if you have any symptoms of Covid 19 or have any other risk factors for the virus, ( such as recent travel outside of Ireland).

They will then book a slot for a telephone consultation or a face to face consultation with the GP or nurse.

If a face to face or video consultation is felt to be necessary by the GP, this will be arranged as required.

At all times, please follow the following precautions:

1) Maintain social                  distance  of 2m

 2) Practice hand washing
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 3) Please wear a mask           when attending the           surgery
 

 

 If you have symptoms            

 If you are suffering from any of the following respiratory symptoms - fever, cough, sore throat or shortness of breath, please stay at home, do not go to work or school and do not come to the surgery.

 Please phone the surgery instead and we will answer any concerns you may have and advise on what you should do over the phone.

 Please self - isolate if you have any of the above symptoms and wait for advice.
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Please take care and follow the government and HSE guidelines on staying safe 
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If you have not received your Covid vaccine - it is not too late!
You can now register for your vaccination on line on the link below or you can phone 185 024 1850
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​https://www.hse.ie/eng/​www2.hse.ie/screening-and-vaccinations/covid-19-vaccine/getting-your-vaccine/getting-your-vaccine.html
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Face masks for children
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1st December2021 
 The Chief Medical Officer is recommending that children wear masks in school from today. Stoneybatter Family Practice fully supports this: while children with special needs can be exempted from this, there is no reason why a child with asthma or other respiratory difficulties for example should not wear a mask.
Indeed, these children are recommended to use a mask to prevent them getting infected with COVID19. We will not be providing certificates for children to let a school know that a child is asthmatic or has another condition: we are extremely busy at the moment managing patients presenting with covid symptoms, non-covid care, chronic disease management , vaccinations, and all the other issues which we deal with in General Practice every day: we simply do not have the time to prepare these certs which are unnecessary except in exceptional circumstances.
Like everything , masks will take time to get used to if children are not familiar with using them already: we expect that schools will be considerate of this and they know the pupils in their school communities so well that we do not expect that there will be issues with it. We recommend that parents try a variety of masks for their children so that they can have a mask that is comfortable, snug-fitting, and safe.
TYPES OF MASKS
We do not recommend scarf-masks as their efficacy is not proven. While face coverings (two or three layers of fabric) can be useful in preventing some infection, we recommend surgical face coverings as they are superior.
​FFP2 / N95 masks are tighter-fitting and are better at preventing transmission of infection, but they take time to get used to and we suggest that children wear them in other settings for short periods of time before wearing them for a full day. 
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