Bridge Medical Practice

25/06/2026

Please note: if anyone contacts or comes to our practice with drug-seeking behaviour and issues threats or escalates with our staff, we will and we do contact the Gardaí immediately.

24/05/2026

17/05/2026

This looks like a great initiative. It’s important to gets everyone’s voices heard.

Recruitment for a Regional Patient and Service User Partnership Council

HSE South West is setting up a Patient and Service User Partnership Council to represent the patient, service user and carer voice and provide advice and guidance to the health region. The Council will be made of adults who have used, or supported someone else to use, health and social care services in Cork or Kerry.

Applications are now open and will close on May 26th 2026.

Scan the QR code below for further information.

Or visit www.hse.ie/patientcouncil

Or email [email protected]

07/12/2025

We haven’t been updating the Facebook platform for a long time- trying to digitally detox!!

Anyway, as per the HSE Winter Scheme, we will run some emergency appointments between 5-6pm from Monday in addition to the ones we hold every day. These extra slots would be intended to ease pressure on out-of-hours services (Southdoc) and are mainly for coughs, chest infections, ear/nose/throat/sinus, and Flu/Covid type presentations.

There is currently an influenza outbreak & vaccines are still available but be mindful that they can take a few weeks to be effective.

07/01/2025

❄️ The cold weather snap has been very evident this week. We issued a text message to all attending patients on Monday morning to take caution and make time if travelling, and we would like to emphasise this again as tomorrow morning may present with more ice than previous morning after a few days of thaw and freeze, especially caution on footpaths and by-roads.
Better to arrive late than injured 🤕

27/12/2024

For any patients of our practice who may be sick today or running out of their prescriptions, don’t hesitate to contact us- we’re open, and we have four doctors and one nurse available to help.
We hope everyone is having a peaceful Christmas season.

18/12/2024

The Christmas season is upon us- we will be closed on the Bank Holidays, but there are are some open days each week, so contact if anything is needed. We wish you all a peaceful and happy holiday.

23/09/2024

Vaccine Clinics

Flu vaccines and COVID boosters are now in stock.

There are clinics on that can be booked into & we will be administering daily in our practice.
Tues 24th from 1pm to 6pm
Thurs 26th from 9am to 11am
Mon 30th from 1pm to 6pm
Tues 1st from 1pm to 6pm
Weds 2nd from 1pm to 6pm
Thurs 3rd from 1pm to 6pm
Tues 8th from 1pm to 6pm.
Sat 28th clinic cancelled.

The flu vaccine is free if you are:
Age 2-17years
Aged 60 and over
A healthcare worker
Living in residential care
Have a health condition that puts you at risk (Asthma, COPD, Diabetes, Cancer, Immunosuppression)
Are a carer to someone at risk or
Pregnant

Children can have intranasal vaccines, but injected vaccines are more effective for Asthmatic patients.

COVID boosters are available freely if you are:
Aged over 60
Living in residential care
Aged over 6mts to 59yrs with immunocompromise or a condition that puts you at risk (Asthma, COPD, Diabetes etc)
Healthcare worker
Pregnancy

There are multiple viral illnesses that are common in winter but Influenza and COVID are among the most severe.

RSV prevention is being offered to newborns in the maternity hospitals from September to February (RSV season)but we do not have them available in General Practice.

For adults interested in RSV or Shingles vaccines, these are not on the Irish public schedule but can be ordered in privately for those who wish to get them.

For enquiries,
Email at [email protected]
Phone: 021 4372663

21/02/2024

Free & Neuro-affirmative workshops for parents of Autistic kids and teenagers- a little distance away, but nonetheless, always handy to boost supports and skills when possible

18/12/2023