SHANNONDOC is relocating its Ennis centre to the primary care centre in the county town.
On Monday, ShannonDoc will mark twenty one years in Ennis with a move to a new purpose built facility on Station Rd.
As of Monday, September 4th, the out-of-hours GP co-op moves to the New Primary Care Centre at Station Road, Ennis – eircode V95 TY4E – from its previous location at the Ennis General Hospital, Gort Road, Ennis.
An enhanced work environment for staff plus a more spacious facility for patients and ample parking spaces has been promised. The move will see enhanced facilities to staff and patients, from a spacious reception area to two new treatment rooms, a nebulization room, storage facilities and staff canteen.
The ShannonDoc centre provides an urgent GP service for patients for Ennis and surrounding areas. Three Doctors and resource staff will operate the centre daily from 18.00 to 08.00 Monday to Thursday and from 18.00 on Friday to 08.00 on Monday morning and all public holidays. Home visits are also available in cases where patients are unable to travel to the centre.
Last year, Ennis’ ShannonDoc centre handled 11,291 appointments, up by 86% (6,057 in 2021) on the previous year.
ShannonDoc CEO Peter Clarke said that the move to the new state-of-the-art Primary Care Centre ensures continuity of the quality service ShannonDoc provides in the Mid-West region in enhanced facilities.
He stated, “This move to a purpose-built medical centre on Station Road is fantastic for ShannonDoc as the impact of COVID subsides because over the past year we’ve seen a return of patients on site through scheduled appointments. During the challenging period of the pandemic, the majority of patients were triaged over the phone and, indeed, in cases where it was deemed a requirement, getting an appointment with a doctor over the phone. Prior to COVID, up to 80% of calls resulted in a patient visiting one of our centres whereas now it’s the opposite”.
He added, “The new Ennis ShannonDoc centre on Station Road will give us the physical capacity to deal with this rebalancing and it’s only right that patients and staff would have this standard of facility and access”.
