Community Health Centres
Local HSE health services
Public health services provided in the community in Ireland are sometimes referred to as ‘Community Care Services’.
They are generally provided by the Health Service Executive (HSE). Community care services may also be provided by voluntary organisations working with, or on behalf of the HSE.
Community care services
Initially, you should ask your family doctor (GP) about community care services in your area or contact your local health centre. In general, medical card holders are entitled to community care services free of charge. Non-medical card holders may also be entitled to these services but it is not always possible to actually get them.
Public health nurses
Public health nurses are employed by Health Service Executive (HSE) to provide a range of health care services in the community. They are often your first contact with the HSE, as they visit new mothers to check on them and their babies, and provide advice on care, feeding and development.
They also provide aftercare to people who have been discharged from hospital and a range of other services.
Public health nurses and community registered general nurses liaise with family doctors (GPs), practice nurses, hospitals, hospices and other health service providers. They provide services in schools, in health centres, in day care and other community centres and in people’s homes. Contact your public health nurse at your Local Health Centre.
HSE service include:
HSE also provides some special payments (see the ‘Welfare supports and entitlement’ leaflet in this pack).
Health Centres in Limerick
Social workers
The Social Work team in the local HSE office is responsible for providing support to children and families in the community. This involves family support services, and care for older people. Assistance, advice and support provided by social workers and social work services provided by your local HSE office are all free of charge. You can apply directly to your Local Health Centre or hospital for assistance from a social worker.
Bereavement counselling
The new HSE Bereavement Counselling Service is available to those who have been bereaved as a result of traumatic deaths such as suicide, homicide, accidents at work, home or on the farm and road traffic accidents. You can ask for this service through your GP.
Local HSE health services
Public health services provided in the community in Ireland are sometimes referred to as ‘Community Care Services’.
They are generally provided by the Health Service Executive (HSE). Community care services may also be provided by voluntary organisations working with, or on behalf of the HSE.
Community care services
Initially, you should ask your family doctor (GP) about community care services in your area or contact your local health centre. In general, medical card holders are entitled to community care services free of charge. Non-medical card holders may also be entitled to these services but it is not always possible to actually get them.
Public health nurses
Public health nurses are employed by Health Service Executive (HSE) to provide a range of health care services in the community. They are often your first contact with the HSE, as they visit new mothers to check on them and their babies, and provide advice on care, feeding and development.
They also provide aftercare to people who have been discharged from hospital and a range of other services.
Public health nurses and community registered general nurses liaise with family doctors (GPs), practice nurses, hospitals, hospices and other health service providers. They provide services in schools, in health centres, in day care and other community centres and in people’s homes. Contact your public health nurse at your Local Health Centre.
HSE service include:
- General practitioner services (also called GP or family doctor);
- public health nursing;
- children’s health services;
- community welfare;
- podiatry (foot care);
- addiction counselling and treatment;
- physiotherapy;
- psychiatric services; and
- home help.
HSE also provides some special payments (see the ‘Welfare supports and entitlement’ leaflet in this pack).
Health Centres in Limerick
- Dooradoyle Health Centre (061) 482 600
- Hospital Health Centre (061) 383 031
- Kings Island Primary Care (061) 483 020
- Limerick City Health Centre, O'Malley Park (061) 410 988
- Milford Castletroy Health Centre (061) 338071
- Moyross Health Centre (061) 326 010
- Murroe Health Centre (061) 386 299
- Roxtown Health Centre, Old Clare Street (061) 417 622
Social workers
The Social Work team in the local HSE office is responsible for providing support to children and families in the community. This involves family support services, and care for older people. Assistance, advice and support provided by social workers and social work services provided by your local HSE office are all free of charge. You can apply directly to your Local Health Centre or hospital for assistance from a social worker.
Bereavement counselling
The new HSE Bereavement Counselling Service is available to those who have been bereaved as a result of traumatic deaths such as suicide, homicide, accidents at work, home or on the farm and road traffic accidents. You can ask for this service through your GP.