Mater Smithfield Rapid Injury Clinic
If you have a minor injury, the Mater Smithfield Rapid Injury Clinic offers you assessment and treatment. You don’t need an appointment or a GP referral.
What to expect at the clinic
When you arrive at the clinic, you will be registered and then seen by an Advanced Nurse Practitioner who specialises in emergency care or an Emergency Medicine Doctor. You may be referred for x-rays if necessary. The clinic and its staff can access all of the Mater Hospital's services.
The clinic does not have access to non-urgent scanning including MRI/CT/US or non-urgent outpatient appointments.
The Smithfield Local Injury Unit (LIU) is part of the Mater Misericordiae University Hospital. While we endeavour to treat everyone who has a clinical problem at the injury unit, sometimes patients will also need surgery like Orthopaedics or Plastic surgery.
Currently, we do not have direct connections with hospitals closer to your home that would allow you to access this treatment more conveniently.
As a result, if your injury requires surgery, such as an orthopaedic procedure, our Smithfield services can only refer you to the Mater Hospital, where we are experiencing significant delays in accessing orthopaedic surgeries.
While we strive to offer care as promptly as possible, we acknowledge that we may not be able to meet this at present. We continue to advocate, to better serve our patients and reduce waiting times.
We sincerely apologise for this situation and believe it is important to be transparent with you regarding our capacity constraints.
What can you do?
If you live closer to another hospital you may wish to attend there instead.
You are welcome to seek assessment at any local injury unit or emergency department.
Local Injury Units in proximity include:
| Injury Unit: | Address: |
|---|---|
| St Columcille's Injury Unit, Loughlinstown: | St Columcille's Hospital, Bray Road, Loughlinstown, Dublin 18, D18 V9K1 |
| Mullingar Minor Injuries Unit: | Charter Medical Private Hospital, Ballinderry, Mullingar, Westmeath, N91 FE40 |
| Naas Hospital Injury Unit: | Vista Primary Care Centre, Ballymore Eustace Road, Naas, Kildare, W91 X38W |
| Dundalk Injury Unit: | Louth County Hospital, Dublin Road, Dundalk, Louth, A91 X0DP |
Clinic Opening Hours
Monday - Friday: 8am - 6pm
Saturday - Sunday: 10am - 6pm (closed on bank holiday Mondays)
Note: Last Registration at 5:30pm.
We treat
- Suspected broken bones in legs (from knees to toes)
- Suspected broken bones to arm (from collar bone to fingertip)
- Sprains and strains
- Wounds, bites (animal or insect) cuts, grazes and scalp laceration
- Minor burns and scalds
- Foreign bodies
- Minor chest injuries
- Minor chest injuries
We don't treat
- Patients with injury already treated in an urgent care centre/minor injury service/emergency department that are seeking onward referral to a hospital service (e.g. fracture clinic)
- Conditions due to "medical illness" such as fever, seizures and headache
- Head injury
- Chest pain
- Respiratory (breathing) conditions
- Abdominal (stomach) pain
- Pelvic or hip fracture
- Pregnancy related conditions
- Neck or back pain
- Non traumatic limb pain
- Chronic injuries – please go to your GP
- Children under 16
How much does it cost?
A summary of these charges is outlined below.
| Type of charges | Cost |
|---|---|
| Non-medical card holders | €75 |
| Non- EU short term visitors | €380 |
| Patients with full medical cards | Free |
| Patients with valid medical/GP referral letter | Free |
How to get to the Clinic
There are a number of options available when travelling to Mater Smithfield Rapid Injury Clinic.
From northside of Liffey
From northside, drive down Phibsborough Road towards Kings Inn on Constitution Hill.
Arriving onto North King Street, turn right and take the third left onto Queen Street.
The access to the Mater Smithfield Injury Clinic’s underground parking is on your left.
From southside of Liffey
From Rathmines, drive down Camden Street onto Aungier Street and onto South Great George’s Street, taking a left when you reach Dame Street.
Keep going until you come to the second right (Bridge Street) and cross over the bridge onto Church Street, turning left when you reach North King Street.
The Mater Smithfield Injury Clinic is on your left with limited car parking to the front.
Car parking
There is some street parking near the Smithfield Rapid Injury Clinic. Parking on the street and the cost can be found on the Dublin City Council's Pay and Display Parking website.
The underground parking is available also nearby the Smithfield Rapid Injury Clinic. Parking the car in the underground with the cost can be found on the Park Rite's website.