Child health section

All our doctors and nurses provide health care for children and have many years of experience in this very important aspect of general practice as both practitioners and also as parents themselves. We understand the stress involved if a child is unwell and here in Cashel Medical Centre we aim to provide a setting that is friendly and helpful for both parents and child. We are here to provide an expert medical opinion, offer advice, attentive care, treatment and appropriate and easy access to follow up and review. We aim to make the child as relaxed as possible during the consultation. 

An example of some of our Children services:

• 2 week postnatal check up
• 6 week developmental check-ups
• Childhood vaccinations
• General health care for children
• Chronic disease management e.g. Asthma management
• Dermatology - rashes, allergies, atopic eczema etc
• GI Disorders including coeliac screening, failure to thrive, weight checks, dietary advice
• Developmental checks onward referral as deemed appropriate
• Mental health issues and referral to Psychiatry (CAMHs) or psychology services/ counselling as needed

Cashel Medical Centre is registered with the HSE to provide free GP care to our patients under the age of six. As from the 1st July, 2015 all children who have a valid doctor visit card can avail of free care from their GP.  This entitles your child to free GP medical care for both acute and chronic conditions. To ensure that you can avail of this service, simply log onto www.gpvisitcard.ie or for further information LoCall number 1890 252 919.

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Also covered by this scheme

• Height and weight checks at the age of 2 yrs. and 5 yrs. If you would like to avail of this service please contact our practice nurse to organise.
• Care for children with asthma

Where there is a diagnosis of asthma on a child aged over 2 years, an initial asthma check will be carried out by our Practice Nurse/ opportunistically by our doctors and a further review 3 months later.   An annual review thereafter is recommended.
This will include a review of current medication, current level of control, and estimate of severity of asthma
History of smoke exposure within the household is important and smoking cessation of family members is strongly encouraged.
We support parents/ carers in ensuring that they are confident in the inhaler technique used when administering inhalers to their child
We encourage all of our asthma patents to avail of the annual influenza vaccination and advise them to make an appointment for this with our practice nurse.
We advise all of our asthma patients to follow the Asthma Society of Ireland’s Asthma Management Plan
We encourage all parents to register online on www.asthma.ie in order to avail of their excellent resources-
​Living Well With Asthma

• Asthma for Parents
  • Asthma & Your Child
  • Medicines for your child
  • Controlling your child’s Asthma
  • Asthma in Nursery/Childcare
  • Your child at school