Vhi’s Health and Wellbeing services interactions up 21% year-on-year

6th August 2024: Vhi has announced the forthcoming expansion of the Vhi 360 Health Centre network with the planned redevelopment of the Vhi Medical Centre in Galway. The new Vhi 360 Health Centre Galway will offer a range of benefits to members in the West of Ireland, including an Urgent Care Clinic for the treatment of minor injuries and illnesses, an improved member experience and access to a multi-disciplinary team of clinicians, who collaborate to deliver the best solution for members’ health needs. The Galway Vhi 360 Health Centre will open in early in 2025 joining our nationwide network of clinics in Limerick, Cork and Dublin.

The development of the Vhi 360 Health Centre in Galway will see the addition of an Urgent Care Clinic for minor injuries and illnesses. This will enable Vhi to provide access to an expanded range of healthcare services for the treatment of wounds, orthopaedic injuries and other minor illnesses and new diagnostics such as X-ray.  Existing innovative services including Health Check/Screening and Hospital@Home will continue to be operated from the facility.

The new Vhi 360 Health Centre is part of the broader expansion of Vhi’s Health and Wellbeing services, which last year delivered 630,000 healthcare interactions to members across Vhi 360 Health Centres, the Clinical Call Centre, Digital platforms, Hospital@Home and other related services. This represented a 21 % increase on 2022. Across Vhi facilities in Carrickmines, Swords, Cork, Galway, and Limerick more members continue to make use of Urgent Care services and Planned Care Services including women’s health, sports and exercise medicine, paediatrics, physiotherapy, radiology and dermatology.

The growing levels of health and wellness interactions includes more than 1,100 members who availed of our Hospital@Home service where they received Vhi led clinical care in the comfort of their own home rather than in hospital.

Commenting on the expansion of the Vhi 360 Health Centre Network, Anne O’Connor, Managing Director of Vhi Health and Wellbeing, said: “We are delighted to announce that we are expanding our health services in Galway to meet the evolving needs of our members in the West of Ireland. With an expanded health and wellness offering that includes access to urgent care services seven days a week for minor illnesses and injuries, members in the region will be able to benefit from access to our expert team of clinicians helping to deliver the best possible outcomes for members’ health needs.”

The new expanded facility is due to open in early 2025 and during the redevelopment, HealthCheck and Screening services will be temporarily transferred to the Vhi 360 Health Centre in Limerick from mid-August. 

The Vhi 360 Health Centre Galway will open 7 days a week, 365 days a year and offers a walk in service for urgent minor injuries and illness. Vhi 360 Health Centre Galway is conveniently located at An Tornóg development on the Headford Road. For more information go to Vhi.ie/360health

Notes to Editor

Vhi

Our purpose at Vhi is to help our members live longer, stronger and healthier lives. Whether that’s by providing rapid access to care in our innovative health facilities or through trusted health insurance. A big part of delivering this purpose is to create a workplace culture where all colleagues feel connected, informed and motivated to do their best work. We have a set of shared values that support our 1,800 colleagues to grow, develop and play a key part in our success as well as shaping our vision for the future: We do our Best Work Together, We lead with heart and have Courage to Create a New Future. These values drive us to move beyond insurance and deliver market-leading services and benefits for over 1 million personal and corporate customers every day.

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