Charges for Student Health Service
UCD is committed to providing UCD students with access to a comprehensive Student Health Service which complements their existing medical services (family GP etc). In the current economic climate UCD must change the way it funds this service. It is no longer possible to maintain a free service for all students. From September 7th 2009 students will be charged for services offered by the UCD Student Health Service. These charges will enable UCD maintain the current level of medical services and also provide a platform for additional services. The services operated by UCD Student Counselling will remain free of charge.
Due to funding constraints UCD will no longer be able to provide a free service to medical card holders. Students with medical cards are still very welcome to use the service but unfortunately they will have to pay for it.
There are a number of doctors outside the campus who do accept medical cards and a list of these are availabe at Student Health reception.
UCD Health Welfare Fund
The Health Welfare fund was established to assist students whao are in financial difficulty to pay their outstanding medical billsat the UCD Health Centre. It acts to ensure that students who require specialist mental health services adnd care recieve it without financial pressures acting as a barrier. Each application will be treated with the utmost confidentiality and successful applicants will be contacted by email.
This fund does not cover medical costs outside the university nor has it been established to cov er the costs of long terms medical care. The fund has not been established to cover the cost of medicine but only to assist with the cost associated with consultations.
If your application is successful, some or all of your outstanding medical costs will be covered by the fund. Cases will be assessed on a case by case basis.
For more information contact the Student's Union Welfare Officer welfare@ucdsu.ie or Vivian in Student Health Accounts at accounts.studenthealth@ucd.ie
Consultation Charges
Doctor Consultation €25
Review within 1 week for the same condition €15
Doctor Consultation with Bloods €35
Nurse Consultation €10
Bloods with Nurse (as instructed by GP) €10
Psychiatrist Consultation (GP referral only) €40
Travel Clinic Consultation (Feb to May) €45
Contraception
Doctor Contraceptive Consultation €25
Nurse Contraceptive (repeat contraceptive) €15
Implanon available (please ask at reception)
Additional costs to contraceptive Consultation
Emergency Contraceptive Pill €15
Depo Provera €15
Specialised Consultations
Medical s - Long medical €60
Medical s - Short medical €30
Eye Test Appointment for driving Test €25
Minor Surgery €30
Elective Medical €40
STI Consultation & Tests €50
(There is a DNA €20 fee for the STI clinic)
Other
Re-issue of Scripts €10
Referral Letter Request €10
Please Note: The Vaccines and Tests below are an additional cost to the consultation charge. Also, the consultation charge for the first vaccine you receive in the Student Health Service is €25 - for the remaining course of vaccines the consultation charge is €10.
Tests
Chlamydia Test €10
Pregnancy Test €10
Toxicology Test €50
Vaccines
Twinrix (Hep A & B) €40
Hepatitis A (Course of 3 required) €40 per vaccine
Hepatitis B (Course of 3 required) €30 per vaccine
Varicella (Course of 2 required €50 per vaccine
Viatim (Hep A & Typhoid) €60
Typhoid €30
Polio/Tetanus/Diphtheria €30
Yellow Fever €30
Diftavax (Diphtheria/Tetanus) €20
ID Rabies (Course of 3 required) €35 per vaccine
IM Rabies (Course of 3 required) €50 per vaccine
Gardasil (Course of 3 required)(€390) €130 per vaccine
Flu Vaccine €15
Psychiatrist Consultation: €40
Additional charges will apply for specialist services such as Blood tests, Travel Vaccines, Minor Surgery Clinics, Medicals.
Services operated by UCD Student Counselling will remain free of charge.
Paying your Medical Bill
Payment for using the Student Health Service is not made at time of appointment; instead the appropriate charge is made to the student’s confidential health service account. No medical details are recorded on this.
Students are required to clear outstanding student health service account charges within 10 days of using the UCD Health Service. Payment can be made by the student using a credit/debit card facility on the web. Receipts can be print as required.
In cases of financial difficulty an application to the Health Welfare Fund (see details above) or other funding sources may be made after using the UCD Health Service. All students presenting at the UCD Student Health Service are treated independently of their health service account status.
August 2009
Dr Martin Butler
Vice-President for Students
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