Respiratory symptoms assessed today
Coughs, chest infections and sore throats are the most common reason people look for a doctor at short notice — and most of them can be assessed safely by video. Our Irish-registered doctors take a full history, look at your throat and breathing on camera, and tell you what this is, what to do about it, and what would make it urgent.
What we assess by video
- Chest infections and bronchitis
- A cough that has not settled after two to three weeks
- Sore throat and tonsillitis
- Sinusitis and persistent nasal congestion
- Flu, COVID-19 and other viral illness
- Asthma or COPD symptoms that have worsened
When you need to be seen in person instead
Video has limits, and we are direct about them. Go to an emergency department or call 112/999 if you have severe breathlessness at rest, chest pain, blue lips, confusion or drowsiness, or if you are coughing blood. A video consultation is not the right route for those, and your doctor will say so immediately if any of it comes up.
Antibiotics are not automatic
Most respiratory infections are viral, and antibiotics do nothing for them. Your doctor prescribes where the assessment points to a bacterial infection, and explains the reasoning either way — including what should improve, by when, and when to come back. That is a clinical decision, not something bookable in advance.
Related services
- GP Consultation Online — the same-day assessment itself.
- Sick Cert — a certificate for time off, where the assessment supports it.
- Chronic Conditions: GP Review Online — for asthma and COPD reviews between flare-ups.
- Specialist Referral & Diagnostic Investigation Consultation — chest imaging or specialist input where a cough is not resolving.
Consultations are available in English, and in Arabic, Urdu, Punjabi, Portuguese, Spanish, French and Czech with the doctors who speak them — see the full Irish roster.
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Get your respiratory symptoms assessed today.