Well Man/Well Woman

At Lakelands Medical Practice we provide a comprehensive health screening check which includes a broad range of diagnostic assessments to measure your health status, identify risk factors for the development of disease, and help you maintain a healthy lifestyle for the future.

Please come 15 minutes early to your first appointment to complete the Health Check Questionnaire.

First Health Check Visit

At your first Health Check visit you will see our Practice Nurse for the following investigations.

 Presenting health issues / symptoms review
 Medical history
 Lifestyle and nutritional assessment
 Relevant family history
 Blood pressure & Pulse
 Height, weight, and BMI
 Waist circumference
 Full Blood Count
 Kidney Function test
 Liver Function tests
 Total Lipid Profile (Cholesterol, LDL, HDL, Triglyceride)
 Fasting Blood Sugar/HbA1c
 Thyroid Function test
 Vitamin B12 & folate
 Iron
 Ferritin
 Hormone profile – age 50+ (1 st week of cycle)
 CA 125 (ovarian tumour marker) – age 50+ or family history
 Prostate specific antigen (PSA) – age 40+
 Urine analysis
 Resting ECG (Tracing of your heart)

Second Health Check Visit

Your second consultation in 2-3 weeks with the doctor will involve:

 Review of your results and advice on lifestyle and risk prevention
 Review, change or renewal of prescriptions
 Physical examination
 Pelvic Examination
 Breast Examination – (if indicated)
 Cervical Smear (if indicated)
 Testes Examination – (if indicated)
 Prostate examination (DRE) – (if indicated)
 DEXA scan referral (if indicated)
 QRISK (heart disease risk assessment)
 QDiabetes (diabetes risk assessment)
 FRAX (fracture risk assessment)

Fee: €250
€225 - GMS/DVC Card Holders

Any further investigations deemed necessary such as 24-hour BP monitoring will incur a separate charge.

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