Health

About the Irish Health Service

A guide for refugees and Ukrainian beneficiaries 

The guide is in three parts;

Part 1 gives information on how to access different types of health care, the services that are free and how the GP, Pharmacy and hospital systems work.

Part 2 gives information about specialist services (dental treatments, eye tests, hearing aids, vaccinations) and some of the staff you may meet in the health system.

Part 3 advises what to do in an emergency.

Vaccinations

There is a dedicated webpage to support vaccination of people coming from Ukraine is available on Supporting people from Ukraine - HSE.ie. Resources include posters and translated information on immunisation programmes in Ireland.

Dr. Oksana Kozdoba, a Paediatrician originally from Ukraine, supported the HSE to create a video explaining the vaccination programme in Ireland. The video is available on the HSE YouTube Channel. The link is Лікар педіатр Оксана Коздоба розповідає про вакцини які рекомендовані в Ірландії - YouTube. The video has been also been made into a series of shorted videos covering a different topic in each video. They can be viewed at the following link, вакцини які рекомендовані в Ірландії. - YouTube.