Mr Paul Sullivan — Consultant Plastic & Hand Surgeon
Under our open methodology this clinic scores 66.1/100 on structural verification: physician certification, licences, facility and legal-entity traceability, identifier disclosure and advertising honesty.
Rank #1 of 4 ranked clinics · last checked 31 August 2026
No crown: crowns require register-verified gates, never a clinic's own claim.
Summary
Consultant plastic and hand surgeon holding private consulting rooms at several Dublin hospitals, including the HIQA-registered Hermitage Medical Clinic, Bon Secours Glasnevin and Beaumont Private Clinic. The surgeon is on the Irish Association of Plastic Surgeons membership list.
Axis by axis
rubric value 1–5 · ? could not verify (no points, not a negative finding) · — not applicable: this country has no register of that class · OFF official register · SEC secondary source
| Axis | Finding (rubric anchor) | Value | Source class | Weight | Checked |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M1 | Specialist certification of the responsible physician Only a secondary source (association, aggregator) supports the certification. Mr Paul Sullivan named on the IAPS membership list (association/secondary source); the Medical Council Specialist Register itself is reCAPTCHA-gated and could not be queried, so this axis is capped at secondary provenance. [iaps] |
SEC | 26 | 2026-08-31 | |
| M2 | Identifiability of the responsible physician Physician(s) named with role and tied to this address. |
SEC | 16 | 2026-08-31 | |
| M3 | Basic medical licence Could not verify — no points, counts against coverage, not a negative finding. |
? | ? | 8 | 2026-08-31 |
| M4 | Facility registration Record found: name, address and status match. HIQA ‘Blackrock Health Hermitage Clinic’, Old Lucan Road, Dublin 20, matches one of the surgeon's own listed consulting locations (Hermitage Medical Clinic Lucan); he also lists Beaumont Private Clinic and Bon Secours Glasnevin, both separately HIQA-registered. [hiqa] |
OFF | 10 | 2026-08-31 | |
| M5 | Legal-entity traceability Legal entity and registration number published and matched in the register. CRO: ‘Dr. Paul Sullivan Unlimited Company’ (co. no. 506822), Normal status. [cro] |
OFF | 8 | 2026-08-31 | |
| M6 | Self-disclosure of identifiers Logos without numbers. Qualifications named (FRCSI(Plast)); no Medical Council registration number published. [site] |
SEC | 10 | 2026-08-31 | |
| M7 | Advertising honesty No pattern from the lexicon found. |
SEC | 12 | 2026-08-31 | |
| M8 | Cross-locale consistency Could not verify — no points, counts against coverage, not a negative finding. |
? | ? | 5 | 2026-08-31 |
| M9 | Patient documents Two or three. The site states complete aftercare is provided; consent documentation, a formal revision policy and a complaint route were not found on the pages checked. [site] |
SEC | 5 | 2026-08-31 |
Score ceilings
No ceiling applies. We never apply one on 'not found' alone.
Holds
No hold on this profile.
Inclusion policy
Four mechanical conditions. The first three decide whether a clinic is listed at all; the fourth decides whether it can be scored.
| Identifiable: live public surface + working in-country contact | verified yes [site] |
|---|---|
| Provides the service itself (not an aggregator, booking site or tour packager) | verified yes [site] |
| In scope: the intervention is performed by a physician | verified yes [site] |
| Names a responsible physician | verified yes [site] |
Who is responsible
Named physicians and the legal entity, as published and as matched in the registers. A missing number is a statement about disclosure, not about licensing.
| Physician | Role | Register ID |
|---|---|---|
| Mr Paul Sullivan [site] [iaps] | Consultant Plastic & Hand Surgeon (FRCSI(Plast)) | not published |
Legal entity: Dr. Paul Sullivan Unlimited Company · 506822 [cro]
Scope and procedure segments
Clinic focus: specialist (no focus adjustment) [site]
- Rhinoplasty: could not verify
- Breast surgery: could not verify
- Liposuction & body contouring: could not verify
- Hair transplant: could not verify
- Injectables: could not verify
- Medical weight loss: could not verify
- Sanctions / discipline register (Fitness to Practise Inquiry Notifications — Medical Council of Ireland (published sanctions and High Court notices)): no entry found [ftp]
What we could not verify
- M3 · Basic medical licence
- M8 · Cross-locale consistency
These cells score nothing and count against coverage, but they are not negative findings. If you can point to a public source, send it.
Contact details
| Website | https://www.paulsullivan.ie/ |
|---|---|
| Phone | +353 86 600 4388 |
| Address | Hermitage Medical Clinic, Old Lucan Road, Dublin 20, D20 W722 |
| City | Dublin |
For identification only; details change — verify with the clinic directly.
Sources
| ID | Source | Class | What it supports | Accessed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| site | https://www.paulsullivan.ie/ | clinic's own site | identifiability, named physician, role, clinic locations, treatment areas | 31 August 2026 |
| iaps | https://www.plasticsurgery.ie/find-a-surgeon/ | secondary | Irish Association of Plastic Surgeons membership list names Mr Paul Sullivan ("Paul Sullivan FRCSI (Plast)"); the list states members are "on the Specialist Register in Plastic And Reconstructive Surgery, of the Medical Council" — an association claim, not the register itself (which is reCAPTCHA-gated). | 31 August 2026 |
| hiqa | https://www.hiqa.ie/areas-we-work/find-a-centre/blackrock-health-he… | official register | HIQA Find a Centre detail page: ‘Blackrock Health Hermitage Clinic’, Centre type Healthcare, Address Old Lucan Road, Dublin 20, D20 W722. | 31 August 2026 |
| cro | https://opendata.cro.ie/dataset/bf6f837d-0946-4c14-9a99-82cd6980c12… | official register | CRO bulk companies.csv (823,124 rows, published 2026-08-31): company_num 506822, company_name "Dr. Paul Sullivan Unlimited Company", registered office Village House, Main Street, Castleknock, Dublin 15; Normal status. | 31 August 2026 |
| ftp | https://www.medicalcouncil.ie/complaints/past-inquiries/ | official register | Fitness to Practise Inquiry Notifications index and all 19 year pages (2008–2026) fetched and checked; no notice names "Sullivan" tied to a plastic surgery practice. | 31 August 2026 |
Change history
| Date | Change |
|---|---|
| 31 August 2026 | Initial collection. |
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