Mr. Derek Cawley’s Clinics – The Spine Academy – Clinic phone number 089 6074862.
Please send a G.P. referral or an MRI report referral to
- Email secretary@thespineacademy.ie or
- Fax to 019081668 or
- Post to St. Raphael’s House 81-84, Upper Dorset Street. Dublin D01KX02.
It costs €250.00 for the first appointment or a Combined Appointment. All fees are payable by card or cash on the day of the appointment. Any further appointments are €150.00.
Yes, we advise all patients to check with their health insurer that they have cover in the Mater Private High-Tech Hospital in Dublin.
If you don’t have health insurance Mr. Cawley will not be able to offer you treatment or surgery should you need it, as he only works in the private health system in the Mater Private Hospital. While I’m sure he could give you good advice and information you would have to pay another consultant another fee to seek treatment. Please ask your G.P. to refer you to the public system or to a consultant who works in the private and public health systems.
You would get an appointment within two to three weeks usually depending on the appointment type and clinic and/or your availability. Mr. Cawley likes to see patients as soon as possible.
We can discuss available dates for appointments and then we use text messages and emails to confirm appointments but can post an appointment letter if required.
A: Orthopaedics & Spine Centre, Mater Private Network, St. Raphael’s House, 81-84 Upper Dorset Street, Dublin 1, D01 KX02
B: Mater Private Network, Cherrywood Business Park, Building 11, Loughlinstown, Co. Dublin, D18 DH50
1. Most Tuesday and Friday mornings, St. Raphael’s House, Dublin 1.
2. Wednesday afternoons at Cherrywood Business Park.
Yes, but only after a consultation and if it is the appropriate treatment.
In Day Therapy in the Mater Private Hospital, Eccles Street, Dublin 7.
Usually 5611.
You can use Code 5611 for Day case (outpatient treatment) and the Codes for a Decompression Procedure are as follows:
A. VHI 43002.
B. Irish Life 227002
C. Laya 5728
Typically within 4 to 8 weeks or sooner in urgent cases.
The directions and Eircode are included in your appointment text message.
Yes, there is some on pay-per-hour street parking. There is also a parking facility between the Mater Public Hospital and the Mater Private Hospital on Eccles Street Dublin 7.
Yes. There is underground parking at basement level two. The Mater Hospital Day Hospital is on the ground floor of Building 11.
The consultation is usually only a meeting for Mr. Cawley to assess a patient’s symptoms and perhaps to discuss possible treatment or surgery.
A consultation will take approximately thirty minutes and a Combined Appointment will take approximately forty-five minutes. Please allow an hour and/or an hour and a half for parking in case of delays.
Yes, a companion or family member are welcome to accompany you. Two sets of ears are better than one!
At the moment, masks are not mandatory but if you wish to wear a mask of course you can.
Yes, please bring any discs or reports you have to your appointment. Please let us know in advance where your scan was done.