# free-gp-care - Tuesday 21 January, 2020
# General Practice
# General Practice
Minister Regina Doherty made the claim during a recent interview.
# free-gp-care - Saturday 12 October, 2019
# Extra Visits
# Extra Visits
The IMO has warned that many GP clinics are already at capacity and cannot take on new patients.
# free-gp-care - Thursday 12 April, 2018
# Free Gp Care
# Free Gp Care
Health Minister Simon Harris said that he knew of the difficulties faced by carers in Ireland.
# free-gp-care - Tuesday 6 February, 2018
# Videodoc
# Videodoc
The USI has said the move will help students who are struggling financially.
# free-gp-care - Friday 19 May, 2017
# Not Enough Money
# Not Enough Money
Doctors are struggling with a jump in consultations and lack of resources.
# free-gp-care - Tuesday 13 October, 2015
# Budget 2016
# Budget 2016
The measure follows this year’s controversial introduction of free GP care for the under-6s.
# free-gp-care - Friday 31 July, 2015
# Expansion
# Expansion
The announcement has been made by Health Minister Leo Varadkar.
# free-gp-care - Saturday 4 July, 2015
# Doctor Visit
# Doctor Visit
The Minister for Health is happy with the progress so far.
# free-gp-care - Wednesday 1 July, 2015
# Medical Cards
# Medical Cards
Children and young adults under 18 will be automatically granted medical cards.
# free-gp-care - Wednesday 24 June, 2015
# Busy Phonelines
# Busy Phonelines
The level of uptake has been described as “phenomenal”.
# free-gp-care - Monday 22 June, 2015
# Gloves Are Off
# Gloves Are Off
The minister was accused of stroke politics and he was having none of that.
# free-gp-care - Monday 15 June, 2015
# From Today
# From Today
Parents are now able to sign their under-sixes up for free GP care
# Work Around
# Work Around
The service has been experiencing a large volume of traffic this morning.
# Poll
# Poll
Parents are able to sign-up for free GP care for under-sixes from today.
# free-gp-care - Sunday 8 February, 2015
# DOctor Doctor Gimme The News
# DOctor Doctor Gimme The News
They say that the plan will not be in the best interests of patients.
# free-gp-care - Friday 14 November, 2014
# Doctors
# Doctors
Doctors say their mental health has been affected by the pressure they’re now under.
# free-gp-care - Monday 11 August, 2014
# Nominal Fee
# Nominal Fee
A modest charge could be applied but no final decision has been taken.
# free-gp-care - Thursday 17 July, 2014
# Pledge
# Pledge
Legislation passed today includes an amendment to ban gagging orders on doctors that was put forward by Senator John Crown.
# free-gp-care - Wednesday 9 July, 2014
# Priorities
# Priorities
Over 70s will be happy with this one.
# Coalition Headache
# Coalition Headache
Senator John Crown’s amendment to free GP care legislation has been passed – against the government’s wishes.
# free-gp-care - Wednesday 21 May, 2014
# Free Gp Care
# Free Gp Care
The NAGP want the government to divert money that’s ring-fenced for free under six care to discretionary medical cards.
# free-gp-care - Friday 25 April, 2014
# Doctors
# Doctors
IMO President Dr Matthew Sadlier was also critical of the free GP care plan and Universal Health Insurance proposals.
# free-gp-care - Wednesday 16 April, 2014
# News Fix
# News Fix
Everyone’s talking about Sean FitzPatrick being found not guilty.
# Doctor Doctor
# Doctor Doctor
The ICGP says that if Cabinet agrees to bring in free GP care, it will be a premature decision.
# free-gp-care - Thursday 3 April, 2014
# Free Gp Care
# Free Gp Care
The IMO said it is studying the minister’s response to its concerns but criticised him for his refusal to negotiate fees with them.
# free-gp-care - Friday 21 March, 2014
# Across The Water
# Across The Water
The IMO say that the last five years has seen seven years’ worth of Irish qualified GPs move to the UK.
# free-gp-care - Wednesday 26 February, 2014
# Children
# Children
Doctors held a ‘mass briefing’ for parliamentarians throughout today.
# free-gp-care - Saturday 1 February, 2014
# Sneaky
# Sneaky
The IMO said a new draft contract for the initiative would mean a significantly increased workload for doctors and would require additional resources.
# free-gp-care - Friday 31 January, 2014
# Head-to-head
# Head-to-head
The two sides were discussing plans for free GP care for children aged under six.
# Showdown
# Showdown
The union say the plan is being implemented “by diktat”.
# free-gp-care - Saturday 2 November, 2013
# Commitment
# Commitment
Reilly also said that he will legislate in the new year to crackdown on private health insurance providers offering plans which exclude treatment at certain hospitals.
# free-gp-care - Wednesday 16 October, 2013
# Budget 2014
# Budget 2014
The doctors’ group is warning that measures like the downgrading of medical cards for 35,000 pensioners could cause problems down the line.
# Budget 2014
# Budget 2014
The Health Minister’s been tasked with overseeing a programme that will include €268 million in pay-related savings and €113 million from a ‘probity drive’ aimed at medical card holders.
# free-gp-care - Tuesday 15 October, 2013
# Budget 2014
# Budget 2014
How €113 million will be saved in ‘medical card probity’ was a key issue at today’s health budget briefing.
# Budget 2014
# Budget 2014
The move, flagged in advance of today’s Budget, has been criticised by the GP representative group who say there was no consultation in advance.
# free-gp-care - Tuesday 8 October, 2013
# Pre-budget Submission
# Pre-budget Submission
The party is advocating a total of €1 billion in expenditure savings and €1.4 billion in taxation measures to bring about a total deficit adjustment of around €2.45 billion.
# free-gp-care - Wednesday 18 September, 2013
# Legislative Agenda
# Legislative Agenda
The government has published a list of bills it expects to publish between now and the end of the year.
# free-gp-care - Tuesday 6 August, 2013
# News Fix
# News Fix
Everyone’s talking about the end of the Dublin Bus strike, the court ruling against Seán Quinn and family and a tragedy in Canada in which two children were killed by an escaped snake.
# Health
# Health
Both Ministers for Health are working on plans to bring free GP care to Ireland, but have not decided on an age-range.
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