How to make an appointment
Make an appointment with the Nurse or Doctor
Due to staff training, the student health centres in Glasnevin and St Patrick's campus will be closed on Tuesday 20th May 2025. To book a doctor's appointment for later in the week please email us. To find a doctor outside DCU see our Emergency Contact page.
To make an appointment please email one health centre quoting your student number or if contacting us for the first time see below.
Please do not email both health centres to arrange the same appointment. We operate as one service and will offer you the first appointment available. Where possible we offer appointments on the campus you emailed. Due to available slots, it may be necessary to book your appointment on the other campus.
Contacting us for the first time:
Please download our Student Intake form below, complete and attach it to your email requesting the appointment. We need this to register you on our system.
Glasnevin Campus: healthservices@dcu.ie 01-700 5143 / 087 4087936
St Patrick's Campus: spd.healthcentre@dcu.ie 01 700 9215
This service is monitored from Monday to Friday only
We respond to emails and voicemails on the day of receipt, or the next working day if received outside working hours. At times of high volume such as Monday morning, it make take some time from the start of business to get a reply to your email.
Urgent Appointments
If a problem is urgent (you are in pain, think you have an infection, getting progressively unwell or injured), please email or ring the Health Centre before 10.00am, letting us know you matter is urgent. Urgent problems will be given priority by the doctors and nurses within opening hours.
Routine Appointments
If you have an issue you would like to discuss with the Nurse and/or Doctor please email us to arrange the next available appointment for you. Please note we do not have long waiting lists 0-3 days.
We are open Monday- Friday 0930 - 1645 outside these hours you may contact out of hours services
Out of Hours Doctors' Services
For our out of hours service see:
Our Out of Hours page
The DCU Pharmacy in Glasnevin offers an online doctor service see:
To find a doctor close to where you live see HSE find a GP
For a list of doctors close to DCU see our useful contacts page.
Students should note that there is a fee for this service to non-Medical Card / European Health Service Card (EHIC) holders.
If you need an emergency ambulance service, please phone 999/112.
If your emergency in on a DCU campus you should call security 01 700 5999
Sick Notes
If you are sick on a particular day and cannot attend compulsory labs or lectures on that day, you are required to e-mail the Health Centre to request a sick note. Backdated sick notes will not be issued unless you contacted us on the day you were sick.