Hanover Medical Centre

What Hanover Medical Centre does

Hanover Medical Centre is an independent private general practice operating two clinic locations in Dublin's Docklands area: Castleforbes Square (Northside, D01 K2X8) and Lazer Lane (Southside, D02 RF77). Founded in 2009 by Dr. Mary Scott and Dr. Frank Kenny, the legal entity Hanover Medical Limited is an Irish private limited company with no parent company or institutional investment disclosed. The practice employs 10-12 GPs with specialist training across tropical/public health medicine, women's health, dermatology, cardiology, minor surgery, and lifestyle medicine, plus at least one practice nurse. Services are delivered in person across extended weekday hours (Mon-Thu 8am-7pm, Fri 8am-3pm) with Saturday availability at Lazer Lane (9am-12:30), supplemented by phone consultations.

The core service catalogue comprises 15+ product modules organised around a primary GP consultation platform: standard and extended consultations, blood tests and investigations (including ECG and 24-hour BP monitoring), sexual health and contraception (STI screening, LARC insertion under the Free Contraception Scheme for ages 17-35), women's health (cervical smears via CervicalCheck, menopause consultations), men's health (PrEP, prostate screening), adult and childhood immunisations, travel vaccinations and malaria prophylaxis, mental health consultations, comprehensive health screening, minor surgery (cyst/lipoma/mole removal, cryotherapy, suturing), maternity care under the HSE Dual Care Maternity Scheme, and additional services including Roaccutane management, nurse appointments, ear syringing, and medico-legal reports.

Revenue is generated through direct-to-consumer fee-for-service pricing: €80 per 15-minute weekday GP consultation (€100 Saturday acute; €50 children aged 12 and under), €105 extended consultations over 25 minutes, €45-75 follow-up within 2 weeks, €140-200 specialist consultations (menopause, mental health, PrEP, travel health), €125-350 health screening packages, €350-500 minor surgery with 50% prepayment, and €25 repeat prescriptions. Customers are individual patients across five identified segments — general public, women's health, men's health, maternity/family planning, and National College of Ireland students (who receive subsidised fees) — acquired primarily through the practice website, online booking portal, and Trustpilot-collected reviews. There is no disclosed revenue, no external funding, and no technology platform beyond standard online booking.

Name

Hanover Medical Centre

Legal name

Hanover Medical Limited

Website

https://hanovermedical.ie

Company type

Private

Founded year

2009

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Hanover Medical Centre is an independent private Dublin Docklands general practice with two clinics (Castleforbes Square and Lazer Lane), founded in 2009, providing comprehensive primary care across GP consultations, health screening, minor surgery, maternity, sexual health, immunisations, and travel vaccinations to city centre residents and workers.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Primary Care / General Practice

NAICS

Offices of Physicians (except Mental Health Specialists) (621111)

SIC

Services-Offices & Clinics Of Doctors Of Medicine (8011)

akta.pro primary industry

Independent Primary Care Practices (HLAFAGAA)

akta.pro secondary industry

After-Hours & Walk-In Primary Care Clinics (HLAFADAH)

Keywords

• General practice
• Primary care
• Family medicine
• Medical consultations
• Private healthcare

Headquarters

HQ city

Dublin

HQ country

Ireland

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. GP Consultations: Standard 15-minute GP consultations at €80 (weekdays), €100 on Saturdays. Extended consultations (25+ mins) at €105. Review appointments within 2 weeks at €45-75.
2. Specialist Consultations: Mental health and menopause consultations at €140. PrEP consultations at €200. Travel health consultations at €200.
3. Diagnostic Services: Health screening including bloods at €250. Combined health and sexual health screening at €350. STI screening at €125. ECG and 24-hour BP monitor services.
4. Procedures: Minor surgery ranging from €350-500. Implanon insertion at €125, removal at €145. IUD insertion at €200. Antenatal care covered under HSE Maternity and Infant Scheme.
5. Repeat Prescriptions: Repeat prescriptions at €25 for medications prescribed previously and familiar to the GP.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Private general practice medical centre operating two clinic locations in the Dublin Docklands area, providing primary healthcare services to individual patients including general medical consultations and family medicine. Founded in 2009 by Dr. Mary Scott and Dr. Frank Kenny.

Product overview

Hanover Medical Centre is a General Practice Medical Centre operating from two Dublin locations (Castleforbes Square and Lazer Lane). The practice offers a comprehensive portfolio of healthcare services organised around a core GP consultation platform. The main service modules include Primary Care (standard, extended, and phone consultations), Blood Tests & Investigations (diagnostic panels, ECG, 24-hour BP monitoring), Sexual Health & Contraception (STI screening, contraception including IUDs/implants under the Free Contraception Scheme), Women's Health (cervical smears, menopause, termination of pregnancy), Men's Health (PrEP, prostate screening), Adult and Childhood Immunisations, Travel Health (vaccinations and malaria prophylaxis), Mental Health consultations, Health Screening, Minor Surgery, and Maternity & Family Planning. Additional services include nurse-led appointments, COVID-19 services, ear syringing, driving medicals, and medico-legal reports. The practice is staffed by multiple GPs with specialist interests and operates a dual-location model with Saturday appointments available at the Lazer Lane clinic.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• General Practice Consultations Primary care medical consultations delivered by general practitioners to individual patients and families at the Dublin Docklands clinics.
• Family Medicine Services Family-oriented primary care for households across the two Dublin Docklands clinic locations.

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Blackrock Clinic: Dublin private hospital providing outpatient and consultant services including health screening. Adjacent comparable for premium privately-funded screening and diagnostics demand that Hanover addresses.
• Beacon Hospital: Private hospital in South Dublin offering consultant-led outpatient services including GP-style consultations. Adjacent competitor for privately-paying patients seeking primary care, though the model is hospital-anchored rather than community GP practice-based.
• Laya Healthcare: Irish private health insurer with growing clinic and digital GP offerings (Concierge Medical Centre). Adjacent competitor for premium primary care subscriptions serving corporate Dublin demographics.
• HealthHero: Pan-European digital health company operating telehealth and primary care services in Ireland and the UK. Comparable as a scaled primary care/telehealth operator competing for the same private Dublin patient demand through digital channels.
• Vhi Healthcare (Vhi SwiftCare Clinics): Ireland's largest health insurer that operates SwiftCare urgent care clinics in Dublin. Comparable in offering fee-for-service GP and minor treatment access, though Vhi operates at a much larger scale and as part of a wider insurance portfolio.

Others

• Irish Life Health: Major Irish private health insurer that channels policyholders to affiliated primary care providers and digital GP services. Relevant ecosystem participant influencing patient referral flows to private Dublin GP practices including Hanover.

Direct peers

• Mercer's Medical Centre: Established private GP practice in Dublin offering similar primary care, women's health, men's health, and travel vaccination services. Closely comparable single-city private GP model with comparable fee-for-service structure.
• Centric Health: Ireland's largest primary care network operating multiple GP clinics across Dublin and nationwide. Directly comparable as a multi-site private GP operator serving similar urban professional demographics with comparable consultation, screening, and minor surgery offerings.
• Affidea Ireland (Expresscare Clinics): Operates walk-in and urgent care clinics across Ireland offering GP consultations, minor injury treatment, and screening services. Comparable as a multi-site private primary/urgent care provider competing for the same out-of-pocket Dublin patient demand.

Emerging players

• Webdoctor.ie: Irish online GP consultation platform offering video and phone appointments with same-day availability. Emerging competitor for lower-acuity consultations among digitally native Dublin commuters; represents the structural shift Hanover's in-person model must contend with.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/hanover-medical-centre

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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