Primary Care Service at Newtownmountkennedy Primary Care

Opening hours

Monday to Friday, 9am to 1pm and 2pm to 5pm. Closed Saturday and Sunday.

Primary Care Service

Primary Care provides high quality health and social care to people in their community. Alongside GPs, Primary Care Teams, comprising nurses and a range of Health and Social Care Professionals, work together to support the healthcare needs of local people. In CHEast, Primary Care services are delivered from 35 Primary Care Centre and Health Centre locations, by a dedicated and innovative workforce. Primary Care staff in CHEast also provide local, accessible healthcare in homes, schools and community centres to best meet the needs of the local community. Some services have a regional remit and serve populations beyond CHEast. Primary Care is at the centre of healthcare reform. Increasingly, service developments are targeting the provision of a broader range of healthcare at Primary Care level, reducing the need for service users to access non-complex health interventions in acute hospital settings and instead, providing services close to home, in an accessible and cost efficient way, in Primary Care. Primary Care services deliver health and social care to service users close to home through a community based approach aligned to general practice, so that service users can access services at the most appropriate, cost effective service level. Services include General Practice, Community Medical Doctors, Community Nursing, Physiotherapy, Occupational Therapy, Speech and Language Therapy, Dietetics, Psychology, Social Work and administration. Other Primary Care services include GP Out-Of-Hours, Diagnostic Services, Chronic Disease Management, Immunisation Teams and Community Intervention Teams (CITs). Some services are delivered across a broader geographic area these include Audiology, Ophthalmology, Podiatry and Oral Health Services. A number of national and regional services are managed by Primary Care in CHEast including the Public Health Laboratory, the Public Analyst Laboratory, Primary Care GP Unit (covering Community Healthcare East and Community Healthcare Dublin South, Kildare and West Wicklow), Civil Registration Service (covering Community Healthcare East, Community Healthcare Dublin South, Kildare and West Wicklow, and Community Healthcare Dublin North City and County), the Anti-Human Trafficking Team and Women’s Health Service, and the Gay Men’s Health Service.

Referrals and Appointments

Internal directions

Check in at the primary care reception on the first floor (lifts available). Take a seat in the waiting area. The receptionist will notify the relevant therapy of your arrival and a member of staff will meet you and direct you to the appropriate room for your appointment.

Service delivery type

Face to face

Catchment area

North Wicklow