Rapid Assessment Respiratory Clinic | Dublin

Patients with the following conditions may benefit from attending the clinic:

• Chronic cough
• Exertional dyspnoea
• Asthma / COPD
• Bronchiectasis / Frequent respiratory infection
• Interstitial lung disease / Sarcoidosis
• Chest imaging abnormalities / Pulmonary nodules
• Obstructive Sleep Apnoea
• Post-COVID respiratory symptoms

• Expedited access to our Respiratory Specialists
• Streamlined ‘same day’ pulmonary function testing
• Rapid access to dedicated respiratory investigations, including bronchoscopy & polysomnography

There a number of potential outcomes for patients who visit the clinic. They may be: 

1. discharged with a comprehensive report returned to the referring GP.
2. Referred for further investigation and evaluation, which may include bronchoscopy, respiratory challenge test, CT or Sleep Study.
3. Referred to other specialties within the hospital, possibly including Cardiology, GI, etc.

• If you are a patient and would like to attend the Clinic, please talk to your GP about a referral to the Rapid Access Respiratory Clinic (RAR’s Clinic) at Bon Secours Hospital Dublin
• Healthlink (Bon Secours Hospital Dublin Consultant portal selecting Respiratory)
• At the end of the section above the for additional information sentence, please include an additional sentence.  Once a referral is received, it is triaged by one of our consultant team. Patients are then contacted by our booking team and offered the next available appointment.

Prof. Emmet O Brien

Prof. Ross Morgan

Dr Dorothy Ryan

Assessment Fee - €250 

Any additional tests that are required may be charged separately but these will be discussed in advance with the patient. Tests such as PFT are covered by most private health insurance policies.

Many private health insurance policies also have an allowance towards consultant fees. 

A receipt will be provided on the day for fees paid, part of which may be able to be claimed back against personal tax at the end of the year.