Dr Bianca Bandarra is an accomplished General Practitioner, offering her patients a combination of extensive post graduate training with a warm, full-hearted kindness.
Following medical school at the Faculdade de Medicina de Petropolis in Rio de Janeiro, Bianca completed two years of surgical training with a broad exposure to acute medicine and trauma. This included working in busy accident and emergency departments in Rio’s favelas.
After moving to Dublin then Belfast, she trained and worked in general practice. She has held appointments in Paediatrics as well as Gynaecology and Women’s Health. She obtained her Membership to the Royal College of General Practitioners in 2023.
She is appointed a ringside doctor by the Norwegian boxing association. She is currently studying for a diploma in dermatology and can perform small surgical procedurres in house, such as removing moles and other small lumps and bumps under local anaesthetic.
Aside of medicine, Bianca enjoys cooking for family and friends, particularly authentic Italian recipes from her great grandmother’s unpublished recipe cookbook. In order to lose the calories gained during the after cooking, she also enjoys spending time exercising and keeping a healthy and active lifestyle.
A half hour appointment will be made in order to deal with any acute problem and also to go through our patient registration process.
The office is open 8 am to 6 pm Monday to Thursday, 8 am to 5.30 pm Fridays and 10 am to 1 pm on Saturdays.
Outside office hours, the 24 hour telephone line will be picked up by an answerphone which will give instructions regarding contacting the doctor on call. The doctor will give telephone advice and where appropriate will supply prescriptions through to pharmacies. If a visit is required we utilise a deputising service for this. Under certain circumstances it may be appropriate to arrange admission to hospital directly which we can do. Please note that the above services are only available to patients who are already registered with the Practice and there is a charge for out of hours advice and services for those patients who are not monthly subscribers.
We value your feedback; good or bad, so please let us know. We carry out and publish annual patient satisfaction surveys. We are registered with The Care Quality Commission that regulates health and social care throughout England. We also have a formal complaints procedure if things have gone really badly and this can be accessed by contacting the Practice Manager.
The general answer to this is “No”. UK based Private Health Insurance companies will usually only recognise for the purposes of reimbursement, the services of individuals whom they define as Specialists.
We do not generally deal directly with insurance companies and work on the basis of individuals and corporations settling their own accounts and then claiming back directly with their respective insurance companies.
You can register at your first consultation with an acute problem or choose to register ahead of this. You will then pay for individual consultations, out of hours telephone advice and repeat prescription requests and referrals. Laboratory fees and vaccinations/drugs are additional where appropriate.
| Consultation – Dr Sophia Khalique (Face2Face, video, telephone) | £300.00 |
| Consultation – Dr Mohammad Tamimi, Dr Bianca Bandarra (Face2Face, video, telephone) | £250.00 |
| Nurse Consultation | £100.00 |
| Home visit during office hours (please note the travel time from and to the practice will be changed at the same rate) | £500.00 plus £200 per 30 minutes pro rata |
| Prescription Fee | £60.00 |
| Controlled Drug Prescription | £100.00 |
| Registration Fee | £100.00 paid annually |
| Retainer Fee (Direct access to Doctor) | £1,000.00 paid monthly |
| Out of Hours Telephone Advice/Prescription | from £100.00 |
| Out of Hours Visit (please note that the travel time will be charged at the same rate) | £600.00 plus £300 per 30 minutes pro rata |
| Missed Appointment/Late Cancellation | Less than 24 hours’ notice – full consultation rate |
| Occupational Health Assessment and Report | Price on request |
| Vaccinations | price on request |
| Comprehensive male blood screening profile | £400.00 |
| Comprehensive female blood screening profile (incl. smear test) | £450.00 |
| Comprehensive female blood screening profile (without smear test) | £400.00 |
| Other Pathology tests | (Price on request) |
| Individualised Health Screening Packages | (Price on request) |
| Travel Advice/Vaccination Administration | £60.00 |
| Referral letter | £100.00 |
The practice is registered with the Care Quality Commission, CRT1-12739950261, an executive non-departmental public body of the Department of Health and Social Care, responsible for the regulation and inspection of health and social care services in England.
Private general practice, corporate and complementary healthcare
