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
GP blood sample cut-off & submission requirements (4:00pm deadline)
Please note that all GP blood samples must be received in the laboratory by 4:00pm (Monday–Friday). Samples received after this time will not be accepted. Samples should be delivered on the same day as collection and all request forms must include both date and time of collection.
Update to GP Microbiology Service – Effective Monday 28th July
Please note that GP Microbiology samples are 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 has transitioned to electronic referrals via Healthlink. For full details, please view the official letter HERE. Please note that we are no longer 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:
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- Lab Results: LabResultEnquiry@svhg.ie
- Radiology Results: GPradiologyresults@svhg.ie
- Emergency Department: ed@svhg.ie
Usage guidelines
- The Lab and Radiology email addresses are for requesting non-urgent results or copies of patient scans only. They should not be used for referrals.
- Results can only be provided to the patient’s registered GP or another GP working within the same practice.
- The Emergency Department email address is for sending additional clinical information relating to a patient who is already on their way to the SVUH Emergency Department from a GP practice.
Requesting outpatient or discharge letters
To request a copy of an outpatient or discharge letter, please email the relevant department directly using the contact details below.
Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
GP Service request application form
GP Liaison Nurse
Contact details:
Contact name: Daphnie Layugan (Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays)
Contact number: 01 221 4819 | 087 398 0171
Opening hours: 07.30 – 17.30hrs
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.
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Younger onset or complex cases should be referred to Regional Memory Assessment Services (RMAS)
Contact
- Wicklow Integrated Care Team – WicklowIntegratedCareTeam@hse.ie
- Dublin South East Integrated Care Team – Integratedcareteam.dse@hse.ie
- Dublin South Integrated Care Team – ICPOP.dubsouth@hse.ie
Learn more
- CHEast informational video: Watch for more details on Integrated Care Programme for Older Persons (ICPOP) Team.
- Website: Visit Enhanced Community Care – HSE.ie for further information.