You can use our online appointment form, which will email reception on your behalf or you can phone us on (091) 530054 and arrange an appointment time to suit you. We cannot always guarantee that we can get you in at the exact time you require but we will do our very best. 

Appointment requests are processed during working hours and not always immediately, so if you require an appointment at short notice or have an emergency it would be better to phone reception.

Consultations with our doctors are by appointment only. However, some days are less busy than others and it may be possible to offer you an appointment at short notice. We cannot guarantee this, but it is always worth a call to ask.

A standard appointment is 15 minutes maximum. To be fair to all our patients and to try to ensure that surgery runs on time, we confine each appointment to 10-15 minutes. Sometimes, this is not always possible, and we ask for your patience. Someday, you may be the patient requiring the extra time and we will not rush you out of the room either. 

Some of our services, such as a travel consultation, ante-natal appointments or menopause consultation require a longer appointment and our reception staff will advise you of this when booking your appointment. Please specify, where possible, the type of appointment you require. If you have multiple issues to discuss or have an issue of a complex nature to address, please let reception know when you book your appointment and we will do our best to accommodate the time needed for this type of appointment.

Please see our Fees page for details of our available appointment types and costs. 

We aim to help people in one consultation, but sometimes multiple visits are required. If your problem does not resolve as we hoped it would, or you are concerned for any other reason, please make an appointment for review with the doctor. Fees for review appointments can be found here. 

We always try to run on time for both the patient's and the staff's benefit. If we are running on schedule and you are running late, we may have no option but to reschedule your visit for another time in order to avoid a knock on effect to the schedule.

However, if the schedule allows it, we will do our best to reschedule your appointment to the soonest available slot, whether this is the same day or on another day. 

We understand that sometimes it is not possible to attend on the day due to unforeseen circumstances, but we would appreciate a phone call or email to let us know as far in advance as possible.

There will always be a doctor available in the surgery in case of emergencies and an emergency case will take precedence over all other appointments. 

If you have an emergency that needs our doctor's immediate attention, please phone us, and explain the situation to our front desk staff. 

However, we would ask you to understand that our doctor's definition of an emergency may differ from your own. 

The obvious exception to this is a serious medical emergency (collapse, bad accidents, heart attack, bleeding profusely...) where hospital treatment is required. If it requires an urgent ambulance, call them without delay (112). 

We treat both Public (GMS Medical Card) and Private patients, along with visitors to Galway. 

I have a medical card with a different doctor. Can I use the card in GBMC? 

The conditions of use of your medical card require that you attend the GP whose name is on your card. This is the GP that you are registered with. 

However, in the case of an emergency OR if you are temporarily away from the area where your doctor is located it may be possible for you to be treated by a doctor in our clinic. 

Unfortunately, not being able to get an appointment with your own GP or wishing to attend a different GP does not entitle you to be seen under the medical card scheme. Our normal consultation charge will apply in this case. 

Please bring your medical card with you when you attend for your appointment. 

Your (GMS) Medical Card provides you with access to a wide range of medical services from your nominated GP. 

These services are provided to you free at the point of delivery and include standard consultations for treatment of illnesses and related services necessary for the treatment of a wide range of medical conditions. 

No distinction is made between Full Medical Cards and Doctor Visit Cards (DVC) in terms of services available from your GP. Both cards entitle you to the same service.  

However, holders of the Doctor Visit Card will have to pay for their medications in the pharmacy. 

There are some services which we provide that are not covered by the GMS contract and so are not paid for by the State. 

The most usual of these services which are requested by our patients are: 

• Medical examinations or reports for legal purposes 
• Examinations and forms relating to insurance policies 
• Examinations relating to fitness to drive including eye examinations 
• Pre-employment examinations 

• School entry examinations 
• Examinations in connection with fitness to take part in sports or attend gyms 
• Travel vaccinations and certain other vaccinations 
• Routine blood tests for management and follow up of chronic ongoing medical conditions such as routine management of blood sugars and glucose tolerance tests, cholesterol, PSA (Prostate Specific Antigen), liver and kidney tests or full blood counts. 
• 24-hour blood pressure monitoring 

• Sick Certificates and Doctors letters 

Medical Card or Doctor Visit Card holders requesting any of the above services are responsible for the relevant fees which can be found here... 

Unfortunately, due to years of financial cuts implemented by the Minister for Health under the FEMPI legislation, it is no longer possible for us to provide many of the pro bono services that we would have provided in the past. 

So, if you find that we are now charging for a service which you had previously received free-of-charge please accept our apologies and feel free to express your dissatisfaction to your local TD. 

The Medical Card/Doctor Visit card form is available for download here...  

Complete the form and bring it to your doctor as they need to sign and stamp it before you send it off. 

If you are a registered patient with GBMC simply leave the completed form at reception and it will be ready for you to collect the next day (24 hours). 

If you are not a patient of this practice and would like us to be your doctor under the Medical Card scheme, please contact us by email and we will send you a registration form and add you to our waiting list. 

Most prescriptions are issued following your consultation. If you want a repeat prescription for something we prescribed which worked recently for you but feel you do not need to see the doctor, you may be able to request a prescription without consultation. 

Click here to order a repeat prescription. Please allow 48 hours for this to be prepared. 

However, you must book a consultation with the doctor if it has been 6 months or more since you last had a check-up, as we are obliged to review all medications at least twice per year. 

All patients need to be registered before arriving for their 1st appointment. If you have not received a registration form from us and are attending for an appointment, please let us know.