Update on new Primary Care Centre at Loreto Road

What planned and existing services are envisaged and in current use at the new Primary Care Centre at Loreto Road, Mullingar, and when will it be officially opened, Cllr Mick Dollard asked at the last meeting of the Regional Health Forum, Dublin Mid Leinster.

The response he received stated that the HSE is currently equipping the new centre and it is expected that staff will start moving there in June.

Services will commence almost immediately and the public will be informed through local media as well as through appointment letters.

No date has been agreed for the official opening and ribbon cutting for the centre until the staff are in the building and services for the public have bedded down. It is expected that the centre will be fully operational in Q2, 2017.

Services which will be provided there include: general practitioner and private pharmacy.

HSE services will include: public health nursing; occupational therapy; physiotherapy; primary care social work services; speech and language therapy; dietetics; psychology; dental service (q3 2017); mental health services; civil registration.

TUSLA will also be providing services from the Centre.