Charges for a GP consultation in one of our D Doc centres (including for children under 6 Yrs. and under 8’s)
For private (non-medical card) patients, there is a charge of €70.00 for each GP consultation.*
*If you are charged private fees on the day of your GP consultation and call the office within seven days with your GMS (Medical Card) details, and they are in date and valid at the time of consultation, you will be refunded your fees less an administrative fee of €20.00
Patients with a valid, in-date medical card are not charged for a GP consultation. When you arrive, the receptionist will verify whether your card is in date and on the HSE system.
For patients who are not is possession of a valid medical card a charge of €70.00 will be made.
You pay the doctor on completion of the consultation.
Charges for children under 8 years of age.
If you wish to apply for an under 8’s free GP visit card, please click here for further information.
Children Under 6 and those children registered for an Under 8 GP visit card, who are properly registered and have a valid, in date. card number will not be charged.
Children under 8 who do not have a valid GP visit card will be charged €70.00
Charges for family consultations. (More than one consultation in the same visit).
Medical Card holders
Any family member who is in possession of a valid medical card will not be charged.
Private patients
When two members of the same family are seen at the same visit, if the first has been charged a consultation fee of €70.00, the second and subsequent family members will be charged €45.00. If one family member has a medical card and the other does not, then a fee of €70.00 will apply to the person without the medical card.
If a patient visits D Doc more than once with the same symptoms within 7 days of their first D Doc visit, the fee for the second visit will be €45.00. Please note that private fees will be applied to anyone who does not produce a valid medical card at the time of the consultation.
Where an urgent home visit takes place medical card holders and under 8’s patients who are registered under the new system will not be charged. All other patients will be charged €100.00