The clinic is superb. It benefits greatly from the leadership of, and from the patient centre tone set by Prof. Bury who is a Professor at University College Dublin. There is a technical rigour in their approach that is commendable and yet the rigour doesn’t impede an openness to their patient's perspective.
One feels that one is heard and not merely listened to as a matter of politeness - what one says actually impacts on the decision making process. There is just the right balance of professional confidence that is reassuring and humility that avoids arrogance. There is an obvious commitment to be current in the discipline and to investigate issues that are rare & require reading into areas that are specialisms. I have, both for myself and my partner, mainly dealt with Prof.Bury and Dr.O’Donoghue.
They both in their own ways exemplify the qualities I have mentioned. I have referred others to the practice all of whom concur. The thoroughness is incredible. I’ve seen a friend go and after one visit be directed to investigations that unknotted 3 separate and perplexing conditions.
For my part, after being to numerous doctors over 14 years who treated trivially concerns that were seriously impacting my day to day life, due to the tenacity of doctors in this practice I got a diagnosis of an immune mediated condition with potentially serious sequelae.
Without their intervention, I have absolutely no doubt that the scaring being caused by the condition would have advanced to a point where a surgical emergency would have been precipitated. With appropriate referral, I am now on longterm treatment that has significantly slowed the disease process.
Further, I also note that, unlike my past experiences, this practice is very careful not to fall into two common and opposing failings namely: reading symptoms through one’s history to the point that new conditions are missed and on the other hand failing to recognise new symptoms as a manifestation of historic disease processes.
I say this knowing well that others probably have and I may find some failings in the future. however, I am confident that the aspiration to excellence in this practice ensures that such failings are down to the unattainability of perfection and when they occur they will quickly addressed where possible.
As I write this, it should be known that I have without any hesitance called out failings in many healthcare settings. I have seen many a medical botched job. Given my experiences, I have formulated a very jaundiced perception of medicine as practiced in Ireland. So for me to go to the bother of giving a positive review requires unparalleled excellence.
