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# free-gp-care - Tuesday 21 January, 2020
FactCheck: Are there 1,000 more GPs in Ireland than five years ago?
Minister Regina Doherty made the claim during a recent interview.
# free-gp-care - Saturday 12 October, 2019
Doctors warn that extending free GP care to under-8s is 'putting pressure on a timebomb'
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
Government approves plans to give 14,000 carers free GP cards
Health Minister Simon Harris said that he knew of the difficulties faced by carers in Ireland.
# free-gp-care - Tuesday 6 February, 2018
374,000 students get access to free online GP consultations
The USI has said the move will help students who are struggling financially.
# free-gp-care - Friday 19 May, 2017
'In a utopian society there would be free GP care. In reality, we can't do that'
Doctors are struggling with a jump in consultations and lack of resources.
# free-gp-care - Tuesday 13 October, 2015
Free GP care extended to more kids, but not everyone's happy about it
The measure follows this year’s controversial introduction of free GP care for the under-6s.
# free-gp-care - Friday 31 July, 2015
Registration for over-70s free GP care begins today
The announcement has been made by Health Minister Leo Varadkar.
# free-gp-care - Saturday 4 July, 2015
Here's how many kids have been signed up for free GP care so far
The Minister for Health is happy with the progress so far.
# free-gp-care - Wednesday 1 July, 2015
This eight-year-old's cancer fight has led to a big change for other children
Children and young adults under 18 will be automatically granted medical cards.
# free-gp-care - Wednesday 24 June, 2015
Ten parents PER MINUTE are signing up to free GP care for under 6s
The level of uptake has been described as “phenomenal”.
# free-gp-care - Monday 22 June, 2015
Leo tells GPs to "cop on" in heated exchange over under-sixes
The minister was accused of stroke politics and he was having none of that.
# free-gp-care - Monday 15 June, 2015
Just under 1,500 GPs have signed up for under-sixes free GP care
Parents are now able to sign their under-sixes up for free GP care
The website for under-sixes free GP care is down, but it is still possible to register
The service has been experiencing a large volume of traffic this morning.
Poll: Will parents bring their under-sixes to the GP more now that it's free?
Parents are able to sign-up for free GP care for under-sixes from today.
# free-gp-care - Sunday 8 February, 2015
Doctors are being urged to refuse to sign up to the free GP scheme
They say that the plan will not be in the best interests of patients.
# free-gp-care - Friday 14 November, 2014
Half of Ireland's GPs are working more than 50 hours per week
Doctors say their mental health has been affected by the pressure they’re now under.
# free-gp-care - Monday 11 August, 2014
So it turns out that 'free GP care' might not actually be free
A modest charge could be applied but no final decision has been taken.
# free-gp-care - Thursday 17 July, 2014
The government says children under six will have free GP care later this year
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
Here's the one thing Enda Kenny and Joan Burton have definitely agreed on...
Over 70s will be happy with this one.
The government has lost another Seanad vote - and it could delay free GP care for children
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
Doctors call for 'Robin Hood' approach to medical card crisis
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' organisation says politics getting in way of patient treatment
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
Here's What Happened Today: Wednesday
Everyone’s talking about Sean FitzPatrick being found not guilty.
Go-ahead given to free GP care for under sixes
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
White: I invited the IMO to talk about GP concerns - that hasn't happened
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
It's not only nurses that have emigrated to find work. Guess how many GPs have?
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
IMO wants "real negotiations" on free GP care
Doctors held a ‘mass briefing’ for parliamentarians throughout today.
# free-gp-care - Saturday 1 February, 2014
Free under 6s GP care dubbed 'trojan horse' to change doctor conditions
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
IMO accuses Government of pushing 'spin over substance' after meeting
The two sides were discussing plans for free GP care for children aged under six.
IMO remains "sceptical" about free child GP care and will tell the Government today
The union say the plan is being implemented “by diktat”.
# free-gp-care - Saturday 2 November, 2013
Reilly: Everyone will have free GP care by 2016, IMO: There’s no hope of that
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
Health Budget measures could have “dangerous and unintended” consequences, GPs warn
The doctors’ group is warning that measures like the downgrading of medical cards for 35,000 pensioners could cause problems down the line.
Reilly: €666 million adjustment "toughest challenge I've had to face yet"
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
Reilly on health cuts: 'This does entail more heavy lifting for people'
How €113 million will be saved in ‘medical card probity’ was a key issue at today’s health budget briefing.
Under 5s care "first step" towards free GP visits for all --- Howlin
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
Sinn Féin wants a third rate of tax, a betting tax and to abolish the property tax
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
Laws to extend free GP care and regulate sunbed use promised by government
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
Here Is What Happened Today: Tuesday
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 Ministers to bring free GP plans to Government
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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Poll: Will you take up a new hobby over the next few weeks?
LAST WEEK, TAOISEACH Leo Varadkar announced further restrictions for a two-week period until Easter Sunday, 12 April.
Everybody in Ireland has been told to stay at home for two weeks, except essential workers travelling to work and other exceptions.
People who do leave their homes for exercise will be required to stay within a 2km radius.
Shielding or cocooning has also be introduced for all of those over 70 years of age and specific categories of people who are extremely vulnerable to Covid-19.
With everyone being asked to stay at home, people may find themselves with a lot more free time on their hands than usual.
So, today we want to know: Will you take up a new hobby over the next few weeks?
Poll Results:
No, I'm still working and haven't got a minute (509)
Yes, I plan to take up a new hobby (293)
No, I'll spend my time staring at the TV (163)
I'm not sure / no opinion (155)
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