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Welcome to the SVUH GP Resource Hub

At St. Vincent’s University Hospital, we value the integral role General Practitioners play in providing patient-centred care. This dedicated section of our website is designed to support you in your ongoing work, offering easy access to essential information, guidelines and resources tailored to your needs.

We hope you find this hub helpful and informative. Our goal is to strengthen collaboration between primary and acute care, ensuring the best possible outcomes for all our patients.

Your feedback is important to us. If you have suggestions or require additional information on the GP pages, please don’t hesitate to get in touch by emailing communications@svhg.ie

Update to GP Microbiology Service – Effective Monday 28th July

Please note that from Monday 28th July, GP Microbiology samples will be processed by Enfer Medical.

Details about the services provided by Enfer Medical can be found at the following link:
Laboratory Testing – St. Vincent’s University Hospital – Enfer Medical

GP Referrals

St. Vincent’s University Hospital will transition to electronic referrals via Healthlink from 1st July 2025. For full details, please view the official letter HERE. Please note that from this date, we will no longer be in a position to accept paper or faxed referrals.

St. Vincent’s University Hospital continues to develop and maintain a strong working relationship with GPs to ensure we can provide all our patients with the most timely, efficient, relevant and best possible care.

SVUH have set up secure email addresses for GP use via Healthmail in the following areas:

  1. Lab Results: LabResultEnquiry@svhg.ie
  2. Radiology Results: GPradiologyresults@svhg.ie
  3. Emergency Department: ed@svhg.ie
  4. Patient Outpatient Letters: gpletterenquiry@svhg.ie

Usage guidelines

  • The Labs and Radiology emails are for requesting non-urgent results or copies of patient scans on disc only; not for referrals. The GPs has to be the patients registered GP / working in the same practice to be allowed receive the results.
  • The ED email is for sending additional patient notes for a patient that is already enroute to SVUH ED from the GP practice.
  • The Outpatient Letters email is for requesting correspondence from outpatient clinics only.

Additional secure email addresses for other wards and departments will be added as required.

Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

GP Service Request Application Form

GP Liaison Nurse

Contact details:

Contact Name: Sarah O’Donnell (Please note Daphnie Layugan is on maternity leave)

Contact number: 01 221 4819 | 087 398 0171

Opening Hours:  Mon – Wed 07.30 – 17.30hrs, Thurs 07.30 – 17.00hrs

Discharge queries

If you have a query about a discharge summary: please email dischargecoordinator@svuh.ie

Frailty Service/EDITH (ED in the Home)

Service Overview

EDITH serves patients in the hospital’s catchment area, seven days a week (8am – 6pm) who have been referred to the service by GP, Emergency Services or nursing home. The at-home service includes a full medical and targeted functional assessment by a doctor and occupational therapist including mobile ECGs and bloods.

For further details please visit our dedicated EDITH (Emergency Department in the Home) page in the GP Referrals section.

Integrated Care Programme for Older Persons (ICPOP)

The Integrated Care Programme for Older Persons (ICPOP) is part of Sláintecare’s Enhanced Community Care (ECC) programme.
It aims to provide care for older people closer to home, reducing unnecessary hospital admissions and helping people live independently in their own communities.

What ICPOP Does

ICPOP supports older people (aged 65+) who:

  • Are at risk of hospital admission or readmission, or
  • Need short-term specialist support after a hospital stay, or
  • Are experiencing a decline in mobility, function or frailty.

The service focuses on assessment, optimisation and discharge planning, providing a tailored care plan for each patient through a multidisciplinary team (MDT) approach.

Benefits for patients

  • Specialist assessment and treatment by a consultant-led team.
  • Coordinated care across hospital and community services.
  • Reduced hospital stays and smoother recovery at home.
  • Support for independence, mobility and wellbeing.

The ICPOP Team

Each patient is supported by a specialist multidisciplinary team, which may include:

  • Consultant Geriatrician
  • Advanced Nurse Practitioner (ANP)
  • Clinical Nurse Specialists
  • Senior Physiotherapist
  • Senior Occupational Therapist
  • Dietitian
  • Speech and Language Therapist
  • Social Work support

Service coverage

  • ICPOP operates across Community Healthcare East (CHO 6) covering Wicklow, Dublin South and Dublin South East. To check the specific location you should refer to, please visit HSE Area Finder
  • Patients are seen at home or in Integrated Care Hubs located in:
    • Bray
    • Wicklow Town
    • Clonskeagh Hospital Campus

Referral Information for GPs

Referrals can be made through Healthlink using the National ICPOP Referral Form.
You can also refer via:

  • Public Health Nurses
  • Hospital discharge or frailty teams

Referral criteria

To qualify for ICPOP services, patients must:

  • Be aged 65 or over
  • Live within the CHO 6 catchment area
  • Have functional decline, mobility issues, or increasing frailty (Rockwood Scale 4–7)
  • Require input from at least two ICPOP team members
  • Have specific, achievable goals for improvement

When not to refer

Referrals are not suitable for:

  • Acute medical illness needing emergency care (EDITH, ED, MAU or LIU)
  • Patients already managed under other specialist pathways
  • Cases requiring only a single discipline (refer through existing Primary Care services instead)

Dementia Support

While diagnosis is managed through Memory Assessment Services (MAS), ICPOP supports older people who have or are developing cognitive decline as part of a broader functional care plan.

  • Younger onset or complex cases should be referred to Regional Memory Assessment Services (RMAS)

Contact

Learn more

GP Referrals

Referrals can be sent to the relevant department electronically via the Healthlink system.

GP Liaison Committee

The aim of the GP Liaison Committee is to facilitate a platform for discussion between St. Vincent’s University Hospital and GPs. Find out more about our work and see the full list of committee members.

Pathology User Handbook

Download a copy of our Pathology User Handbook which provides an overview of our services, contact details for key laboratory personnel and opening times for individual departments.

For GPs