GP
Drumshanbo Health Centre
Drumshanbo Primary Care Centre, Ballinamore Road, Ballinamore Road, Drumshanbo, Co. Leitrim, N41 E942
A long-established GP practice in Drumshanbo, in the community since 1978, now with five GPs, three practice nurses and a reception team. Appointments are made by phone; the practice does not deal with medical queries by email. It publishes a detailed fee schedule with separate medical card and private rates, a private GP consultation being 60 euro, and NowDoc in Carrick-on-Shannon covers nights, weekends and bank holidays.
Summarised from the provider’s website, drumshanbohealthcentre.ie, checked 7 October 2026.
- Children
- Home visits
Services and care available
Access and schemes
- Medical card accepted
- Fees published
Vaccinations
- Flu vaccination
- Chickenpox and meningitis B vaccination
- Travel vaccinations
Checks and tests
- Driving assessment
- Blood tests
- Blood pressure check
- ECG
- Health screening (well man and well woman clinics)
- STI screening
Procedures and treatments
- Cryotherapy
- Ear syringing
- Joint injections
Women’s, children’s and family care
- Long acting contraception (LARC)
Medicals and reports
- Employment medicals
Other services
- Sports injury
- Chronic disease management
- Menopause consultation
- Roaccutane (isotretinoin) acne clinic
- Venesection for haemochromatosis
- Weight management and obesity medicine
Confirmed on drumshanbohealthcentre.ie, checked 7 October 2026.
A service not listed here may still be offered; our sources simply do not mention it.
Appointments
- How to get an appointment
- Phone the practice on (071) 964 1105. Medical queries and requests for call-backs are not accepted by email. Tell reception what service you need so the right length of slot is booked.
- Out of hours
- NowDoc at Inver Gael, Cortober, Carrick-on-Shannon, hotline 0818 400 911, weekdays 18:00 to 08:00 and 24 hours at weekends and bank holidays. For emergencies at lunchtime or outside office hours the practice gives 087 1966641.
- Medical card and GP visit card
- Medical card (GMS) patients are not charged for a GP consultation; the fee schedule lists a GMS price in brackets for services that the card does not cover or only partly covers, such as nurse blood tests (20 euro), joint injections (70 euro) and sick notes (20 euro).
- Repeat prescriptions
- Allow 48 hours for a repeat prescription. Private fee 30 euro, free for medical card patients.
- New patients
- You do not need to be a registered patient to book the Roaccutane acne assessment clinic.
Confirmed on drumshanbohealthcentre.ie, checked 7 October 2026.
Published fees
| Service | Price | Note |
|---|---|---|
| GP consultation (private) | €60 per visit | Free for medical card patients |
| GP follow up within 2 weeks (private) | €40 per visit | Free for medical card patients |
| GP consultation plus bloods (private) | €70 per visit | 20 euro for medical card patients |
| Blood test with nurse (private) | €30 per visit | 20 euro for medical card patients, free in hospital |
| Injection (private) | €30 per injection | Free for medical card patients |
| Ear syringing (private) | €40 per visit | Free for medical card patients |
| Driver's licence medical | €60 per visit | Same fee for medical card and private patients |
| Driver's licence eyesight report | €40 per report | |
| Cryotherapy first visit (private) | From €50 per visit | Free for medical card patients |
| 24 hour blood pressure monitor (private) | €60 per test | Two visits and interpretation; free for medical card patients |
| ECG (private) | €40 per test | Free for medical card patients |
| Joint injection | €70 per injection | Same fee for medical card and private patients |
| Suturing (private) | €60 per procedure | 20 euro for medical card patients |
| Contraceptive consultation, over 35 (private) | €60 per visit | |
| Full STI screen (private) | €50 per visit | Plus 30 euro investigations; 10 euro for medical card patients |
| Implanon insertion, over 35 (private) | €100 per procedure | |
| Mirena insertion, over 35 (private) | €170 per procedure | Includes initial consult and 6 week follow up |
| Sick note | €20 per note | |
| Letters | €20 per letter | |
| Form completion or witnessing (private) | From €25 per form | 20 euro for medical card patients |
| Travel vaccines consultation | From €50 per visit | 50 to 100 euro including prescription and administration of vaccines |
| Well man or well woman clinic, Plan A (bloods, ECG, GP consult) | €120 per package | |
| Well man or well woman clinic, Plan B (bloods, ECG, 24hr BP, GP consult) | €150 per package | |
| Menopause consultation (private) | From €80 per visit | First consult is a double GP consult; free for medical card patients |
| Repeat prescription (private) | €30 per prescription | Free for medical card patients |
| House call (private) | €80 per visit | Emergencies only; free for medical card patients |
| Blood pressure check with nurse (private) | €20 per visit | |
| Venesection for haemochromatosis (private) | €100 per visit | Free for medical card patients |
Prices in euro as published by the provider on 7 October 2026; “from” prices are a starting point, not a total. Source page.
Hours and location
Opening hours
| Monday | 9am to 11.30am, 2pm to 4.30pm(closes for a break) |
|---|---|
| Tuesday | 9am to 11.30am, 2pm to 4.30pm(closes for a break) |
| Wednesday | 9am to 11.30am |
| Thursdaytoday | 9am to 11.30am, 2pm to 4.30pm(closes for a break) |
| Friday | 9am to 11.30am, 2pm to 4.30pm(closes for a break) |
| Saturday | Closed |
| Sunday | Closed |
Source: Provider website, checked 7 October 2026.
Office hours as shown in the site header and the Office Hours section. The site's Appointments pop-up shows a later set (Mon, Tue, Thu, Fri 09:00-12:30 and 14:00-17:30, Wed 09:00-12:30); the two are not reconciled on the site. Saturday, Sunday and bank holidays: use the out-of-hours service.
Address and directions
Drumshanbo Primary Care Centre, Ballinamore Road, Ballinamore Road, Drumshanbo, Co. Leitrim, N41 E942
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Practical questions
- Can I email the practice with a medical question?
- No. The practice says it does not accept medical queries by email or emails asking for a call back; phone reception instead.
- Listed by the HSE as
- GP practice
- Home visits
- House calls are made only in emergencies where the patient cannot come to the practice, and must be requested before 11:00 or the visit may be the next day. Private fee 80 euro.
Confirmed on drumshanbohealthcentre.ie, www2.hse.ie, checked 7 October 2026.
Other gps nearby
Nearest by straight-line distance.
Carrick-on-Shannon, Co. Leitrim · 12 km
Source: HSE, Find a GP.
Carrick-on-shannon, Co. Leitrim · 12 km
Source: HSE, Find a GP.
Sources and last checked
- GP: Source: HSE, Find a GP, checked 24 September 2026. Record HSE GP 816. Practice details from the HSE Find a GP service (www2.hse.ie).
- Overview, services, contact channels and practical details: Source: drumshanbohealthcentre.ie, checked 7 October 2026. Not stated there: online booking, new patient registration policy for general care.
- Opening hours: Source: Provider website, checked 7 October 2026.
- Check dates are when FairCare read the source, not a confirmation by the provider. Suggest a correction.