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UPMC Institute for Health at The 4th Practice, Mallow, Cork

UPMC Institute for Health at The 4th Practice, Mallow

UPMC Institute for Health based at The 4th Practice, Mallow, Cork is a UPMC outreach facility. The facility brings UPMC's high-quality, expert care closer to home. Patients can attend this location to meet with consultants from a variety of specialities, including women’s health, pain medicine, and orthopaedics. At UPMC Institute for Health, we provide clinical support through our multi-disciplinary team to help you live healthier and manage chronic conditions.

UPMC Institute for Health at The 4th Practice, based at Mallow Primary Healthcare (MPHC) is a primary healthcare centre with consultants, GPs, and allied health professionals working out of the same location.

Appointment and Referral Information for UPMC Institute for Health at The 4th Practice, Mallow

Patients can self-refer to our women’s health services. You will need a GP referral for our consultant services such as pain management and orthopaedics.

UPMC accepts referrals via the Healthlink platform.

You can call 022 52944 (Ext.4) for any queries.

Location and Directions

The UPMC Institute for Health at The 4th Practice, Mallow, Cork is located at Mallow Primary Healthcare Centre.

Gooldshill, Mallow, Co. Cork, P51 Y8EC

Specialities at UPMC Institute for Health at The 4th Practice

Dr. Mary McCaffrey is the lead clinician in a new Women's Health Clinic in Mallow. At our Women’s Health Clinic, we provide consultant led menopause support, comprehensive gynaecology care, and specialist pelvic pain management, including guidance on HRT, fertility assessments, and holistic strategies. We also address mood and hormonal health by supporting the emotional impact of hormonal changes through an integrated, patient centred approach. In addition, we provide onward referrals to services such as physiotherapy, endocrinology, urology, cardiology, and other specialist disciplines as needed.

Consultant led support through every stage of menopause.

Our menopause service is led by an experienced gynaecologist Dr. Mary McCaffery and a specialist nurse, offering women personalised care to manage the physical and emotional challenges of perimenopause, menopause, and beyond.

At UPMC, we understand that every woman’s experience is different. Whether you're dealing with hot flushes, night sweats, fatigue, brain fog, or mood changes, our team will work with you to create a tailored plan that fits your needs.

Our services include:

  • Comprehensive menopause assessment
  • Hormone replacement therapy (HRT) guidance and monitoring
  • Advice on lifestyle, nutrition, and bone health
  • Ongoing symptom tracking and support

We’re here to help you feel well, stay active, and thrive through this important life stage.

Personalised care from a dedicated women’s health team.

Led by a consultant gynaecologist and specialist nurse, our gynaecology service provides expert care across all aspects of women’s reproductive health. We offer consultations and treatment in a welcoming and confidential setting, supporting you at every life stage from first periods to post-menopause. We care for conditions including:

  • Heavy or painful periods
  • Irregular menstrual cycles
  • PCOS and ovarian cysts
  • Endometriosis and fibroids
  • Contraceptive options (including IUD/coil fitting and implants)
  • Fertility-related assessments and referrals

Your comfort and wellbeing are our priority. We take the time to listen and help you make informed decisions about your care.

Expert investigation and management of pelvic pain.

Chronic pelvic pain is complex and often misunderstood, but you don’t have to manage it alone. Our clinic, run by a gynaecologist and specialist nurse, offers compassionate, thorough care to help identify the root cause of your pain and create a clear, effective treatment plan. We offer:

  • Full clinical history and physical examination
  • Investigations such as ultrasound and blood tests
  • Management of gynaecological conditions like endometriosis or adhesions
  • Pelvic floor assessment and physiotherapy referral where needed
  • Holistic pain management strategies

Our aim is to help you regain control, improve comfort, and enhance your quality of life.

Supporting mental wellbeing through hormonal change.

Hormonal shifts can have a powerful impact on emotional wellbeing, often during puberty, after childbirth, or around menopause. Our team of a consultant gynaecologist and nurse understand these links and offer specialist support when mood changes start to affect your daily life. We provide:

  • Thorough assessments to explore hormonal and emotional symptoms
  • Support for PMS, PMDD, perimenopausal mood swings, and more
  • Hormonal treatment options where appropriate
  • Referral to talking therapies or mental health services if needed

We take your concerns seriously and offer safe, supportive care in a setting where you’ll be heard and understood.

Dr. Wei Lan delivers UPMC's pain management service at our Mallow clinic. Dr. Lan can diagnose your pain and assign you a tailored treatment plan that can help reduce your pain with proven treatments.

Pain management consultants can help you manage pain, whether it's acute or chronic. Acute pain comes on suddenly and is often from a specific injury or condition, while chronic pain is daily pain lasting at least three months.

Pain comes from many conditions — an injury, a surgery, or a health problem such as low back pain or cancer. Uncontrolled long-term pain can have a chronic impact on quality of life.

Pain Management Conditions We Treat

The clinic provides treatment for patients suffering from:

  • Acute pain: Pain that comes on quickly due to a specific cause.
  • Chronic pain: Pain that lasts more than three months.
  • Neuropathic pain: Pain coming from the nervous system.
  • Persistent post-surgical pain: Pain that is still occurring three to six months after surgery.
  • Back, neck, and leg pain: Pain that may be due to an injury or other condition.
  • Facial pain: Pain affecting the facial muscles.
  • Musculoskeletal pain: Pain of the bones, joints, ligaments, tendons, or muscles.

To read more about UPMC’s pain management service, click here.

UPMC Orthopaedic Care offers access to an entire network of consultants close to home with innovative surgical and non-surgical options to help patients get back to their passions. Our orthopaedic consultants, located across four hospital locations at UPMC at UPMC Aut Even Hospital, UPMC Kildare Hospital, UPMC Whitfield Hospital, and UPMC Sports Surgery Clinic, provide patients with a broad choice of expertise across foot and ankle, hip and groin, and knee, as well as shoulder and upper limb.

At UPMC Institute for Health at The 4th Practice, Mallow, the following Orthopaedic Consultants provide an out-patient service to patients: