• Contact Details
• Access to your Medical Records
• Request By Client
• Request By Solicitor
• Freedom Of Information
• Patient Services 

Contact Details

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Patient Records Officer:
Paula McCarthy
Telephone (01) 646 5148
Email paula.mccarthy@hse.ie

Administrative Access Officer:
Brenda Moran
Telephone (01) 646 5250
Email brenda.moran@hse.ie

Access to your Medical Records

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Administrative Access

Information in your patient record is confidential.Without your permission, it will not be given to anyone, except those involved in your treatment and your own GP.

Following discharge, if you wish/need to receive a copy of any part of your patient record you may do so by writing to:

Brenda Moran
Administrative Access Officer
Patient Records Department
Connolly Hospital
Blanchardstown, Dublin 15
Telephone : (01)646 5250

Please give the following information, to enable your record to be identified:

• your name
• date of birth
• address- current and previous if applicable
• contact telephone number
• your patient record number – if known.
• Also, be specific as to what attendance/admission records you require.

When the relevant records are copied , you will be required to produce Photo ID such as your passport or drivers licence. This is to protect the confidentiality of your records.

Request by Client

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An administrative fee of €25 is charged per request of health care record. X-Rays are charged at a fee of €10.00 per film.

Request by Solicitor

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Under no circumstances will a copy of a patient’s records be released to a solicitor, without the patient’s consent. The fees payable by solicitors in respect of copies of patient records are as follows:

• A & E Notes = €50
• Patient Chart = €50 per volume 
• X-Ray = €10.00 per film

Freedom of Information:

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The Freedom of Information Act 1997, was designed to allow individuals access to information held by Public Bodies which is not routinely available.

To make a request under the Freedom of Information Act, your request must be in writing and addressed to:

Freedom of Information Officer
Connolly Hospital
Blanchardstown, Dublin 15
Telephone (01) 646 5149
Email mary.mccamley@hse.ie