Physical health
General Practitioner Services (DCU)
DCU’s Health Centre operates with doctor and nurse services throughout the year.
Services provided by the health centre
- Review within one week - Free
- Nurse Consultation - Free
- Reprint of Lost Prescription - Free
- Nurse’s Sick Note - €10
- Suture Removal - €10
- B12 Administration - €10
- Other Injection Administration - €10
- Dressings - Between €10 and €40
- Blood Tests - €15
- Ear Syringing - €15
- GP Visit - €20
- Tetanus shot - €20
- Daily Continuous Dressing - €25 per week.
- Crutches - €30 Deposit
- Certificate of Good Health - €40
- HIV screening - €40
- Hepatitis B Vaccine (3 vaccines and 1 GP visit) - €140
General Practitioner Services (Outside DCU)
General Practitioner Services (A number of GPs are affiliated with DCU and provide students a discount on their services).
Online Doctor / Pharmacy Services
You can find €20 prescriptions for things such as contraception, the morning-after pill, and more.
€30 GP phone consultations.
Period Products
Free period products are available on-campus and off. Free period products are available at the following locations:
- Nursing Building Ground Floor Women's
- Science [Lonsdale] Ground Floor W
- Science Extension Ground Floor W
- Henry Grattan Ground Floor W
- The U - Ground Floor W
- The U - 1st Floor W
- The U - Gender Neutral
- Business Building Ground Floor W
- O'Reilly Library Bathrooms W
- D Block Ground Floor W (SPC)
- E Block Ground Floor W
- F Block Ground Floor W
- Cregan Library Ground Floor W
- SU Helpdesk Glasnevin
- SU Helpdesk SPC
Distance learner or can't get to campus?
Order free products
For students on placement / distance learning / who cannot attend campus for health and/or accessibility reasons, you may order free products here.
Prescription Costs
All Irish residents can apply for a Drugs Payment Scheme (DPS) card, capping prescription costs at €114/month. It's valid for 5 years, not means-tested, and helpful if you don't have a medical card.
Apply for a DPS card
Drug & Alcohol Use
DCU has a harm reduction approach to drug and alcohol use. Read policy.
Order drug safety testing kits