Blackrock Clinic

This review is for the private hospital.
So I had a need for urgent attention and I don’t think the quality of medical professionals in this country is good at GP level, but I do think we have excellent specialists in Ireland.
I find this country has young female GPs who are very weak and naïve and we have excellent specialists in particular foreign gentleman. Anyhow rant over.
Similar to a lady who wrote a review for the A and E Dept, that’s what I’m doing. Her review is excellent and clear.
Here’s my brief one.
I arrived, obtained a car parking spot, got directions to A and E, got lost. I was helped find A and E, 1 ahead of me, got my wrist band, waited 5 mins and saw a nurse who asked the right questions, Specialist saw me ten mins later, X Ray dept 15 mins later, 5 min wait, lovely girl sorted me. She was in good spirits and we laughed as I am very very tall and she was small so manoeuvring me for X Ray was a challenge, results 15 later, all the staff were so helpful and I got good results.
Go private you won’t regret it!
Having money helps!
Your wealth is your health!

This review is for the Emergency Department in particular.
I gotta say I’m impressed. I went in through main reception and they pleasantly directed me to the right area. Once in the hospital part, everyone was lovely. When I reached the ER, it was calm quiet and only 2 other people were there waiting.
My details were taken, a wrist band was placed on me and I waited on a chair for all of 4 minutes. I was then seen by a nurse who took all the particulars of the problem, asked me a whole lot of questions. She took my temp, not with any old archaic mechanism. she waved what I can only assume is a tricorder in front of my forehead! She then took me to a room with a bed and fancy machines.
This was no trolly with a curtain. A full fledged bed (very comfy as well) in a proper room with walls and a sliding frosted glass door. (open and closed by hand motions. I felt I was on the USS Enterprise!) I was given a nice soft cotton gown, fairly decent for a hospital gown and was told they were going to give me an ECG.
The nurse arrived about 10 mins later and he was absolutely lovely. Did the ECG, then went saying someone would come for bloods shorty. About 10 mins later, yes, the nurse arrived to take blood. She kept me chatting and although she had some difficulty in getting anything from me (I’m hard to get blood from) I’m delighted to report that I’ve barely a mark from it. My GP usually makes a balls of it and I have bruises everywhere from it.
The ECG guy arrived back a few minutes later to take me to xray. Again, very pleasant chap. The xray person was so nice as well.
Back in my room, I waited maybe 20 minutes for the Dr. He came in, seen me, and said as long as my bloods came back OK I could go home. 10 minutes later the results were in and I could go.
From the time I walked in the door, until I walked out: 2 hours.
Can you imagine if I’d have gone elsewhere? A few years back I was sent to ER elsewhere by a Dr, I had to wait 4 hours just to get a nurse to speak with me. Then another 2 hours for the Dr to see me. I used to work in a hospital for a bit, the number of people waiting over 2 days to be tested and seen by a Dr was frightening.
I know people sneer at the cost, and its a shame they have a review of 1 star because of their parking charges, but what value do you put on your health? I know people who spend more on dinner and drinks than a visit here costs. Everyone has their priorities, mine is this. Ireland has created this 2 tier system, thankfully I have the capacity to pay.
For full disclosure, I paid 140 euros to attend and the ECG, X-​rays and full bloodwork came to 240. 380 in total. Totally worth every penny. If I needed to, I’d take a out loan to go again if I had to.

Lovely hospital for sure but my one star is for the parking which is probably used for a top up salary not services. The reception staff weren’t very friendly on Wednesday actually not even one hello on the 4 times I had to pass them. I was charged 7.20 for just over 2 hours. Its a hospital for Gods Sake, people who are sick come here? Things like this annoy me a lot. I pay nothing to park in Clane hospital, its also private so why here. Surely the thousands in fees they could at least comp parking.

The Blackrock Clinic, Ireland’s central gout treatment centre, is positioned strategically to allow the widest catchment of gout sufferers. Everyone knows that one of the key dangers of being a well to-​do Dublin gentleman, gorging oneself on power, conversation and all the richest most delicious delicacies, is the dreaded gout. This is the veritable plague of the dining classes of South County Dublin.
But don’t fret Fionnán, old saw-​bones down at the clinic will have you back in pork-​joint and port swilling form in no time. He’ll just let a little blood, get your humours back in order, not a bother to him.
Before I get too carried away, The Blackrock Clinic is a very good, very efficient and very expensive private clinic providing world class healthcare services. I’ve been in for a few x-​rays and things, it’s definitely calmer and better decorated than the University Hospitals, but this does make it feel a little like a bank headquarters.
For legal reasons I’m reticent to recommend healthcare to anyone, so, yeah, the Blackrock Clinic, um, three stars?

I went here to see an Allergy and Immunology Specialist and boy did it cost me! On saying that it is the 4 star service. Appointments happen at a speed unheard of in the public health system and they have a clinic where you can have blood taken on site with very little waiting.
Seeing the consultants are very pricey and you might feel the bums rush a little when you actually pay a lot to get very little of their time! On saying that they have all the right people there are can refer you in house to other specialists. So it’s good but you might need to save up to go there!

One of the leading clinics in Ireland Blackrock Clinic provides private health care options in a wide range of specialist fields. This includes both urgent and elective surgery. There is also the option to purchase other surgery such as laser eye procedures which of course are more at the commercial end of medicine. They are currently working on opening up a new € 100 million private health centre.
In my experience with the consultants and the nurses here i have found this hospital to be extremely efficient and provide an excellent service for what you pay for.