How to make an appointment

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Make an appointment with the Nurse or Doctor

Please note the Student Health Centres in Glasnevin and St Patrick's campus are closed on Friday 29/03/2024 reopening Tuesday 02/04/2024. Phones and emails are not monitored during this time. See alternate GP/ doctor options on our home page. 
To make an appointment please email the health centre most convenient to you. 

Please do not email both health centres to arrange the same appointment. We will offer an appointment on the other campus if the health centre you emailed has none. 

Glasnevin Campus:  healthservices@dcu.ie 01-700 5143 / 087 4087936
St Patrick's Campus:  spd.healthcentre@dcu.ie 01 700 9215 

If you are 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.

This service is monitored from Monday to Friday ONLY

We respond to emails and voicemails on receipt. However, 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 feeling unwell or injured), please ring the Health Centre before 10.00am.  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 call or email us to arrange the next available appointment for you.  

We are open Mon- Thursday 0930 - 1700 outside these hours you may contact out of hours services

Out of Hours Doctors' Services

D-Doc is an out-of-hours emergency service run by local GPs.  The D-Doc centres are open from 6pm to 8am Monday to Friday and 24 hours on Saturday, Sunday and Bank Holidays.

Should you have a medical emergency out of hours contact the D-Doc service, telephone 1850 22 44 77

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 either phone or 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.