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# general practice

Last year
2022
# Health Committee
Over 1,600 GPs need to be hired before 2028 as concern grows over shortage
There are currently an average of 0.69 GPs per 1,000 population, when it should be between 1.02 and 1.1.
7.2k
15
Jan 26th 2022, 11:59 AM
All time
Voices
GP: When a super-spreadable virus meets a super-spreader event like Christmas we need to pause
Our GP details how the booster programme is set to work via GP practices and advises readers to step up and get the shots.
36.5k
35
Updated
Dec 16th 2021, 10:00 AM
Voices
Notes from a GP: Covid cases in millennials are now showing in their grandparents
Our GP argues that while it’s understandable the government didn’t want to rush to Level 5 this week, the numbers now mean this is inevitable.
40.6k
18
Oct 8th 2020, 7:30 AM
# Coronavirus
Covid-19: Close contacts will be tested twice - on day 1 and day 7 - whether or not they have symptoms
The move has been welcomed as Ireland starts to slowly ease restrictions.
24.8k
13
May 18th 2020, 8:41 AM
# general practice
FactCheck: Are there 1,000 more GPs in Ireland than five years ago?
Minister Regina Doherty made the claim during a recent interview.
20.9k
22
Jan 21st 2020, 6:40 AM
# Your Say
Poll: Should conscientiously objecting GPs be compelled to refer for abortions?
85% of the country’s GPs do not believe that abortion should be part of routine general practice, according to the NAGP.
70.2k
252
Jun 13th 2018, 9:55 AM
Poll: Should GPs start charging for some medical card services?
The annual meeting of the Irish Medical Organisation has heard that many general practices are struggling to survive.
32.7k
226
Apr 8th 2018, 10:18 AM
# not enough money
'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.
10.6k
78
May 19th 2017, 6:30 AM
# Vulnerable
GPs: Are we missing patients who are suicidal because we're rushed off our feet?
Many cases of depression can be managed in a GPs office, but they need to be able to spend time with the patients, on doctor said.
8.4k
31
Jan 25th 2015, 9:00 AM
# Overcrowding
GPs: We can't take on hospital overflow - we're overwhelmed already
Comments from GPs come after it emerged there are record numbers of people waiting on trollies in hospitals around the country.
5.4k
14
Jan 7th 2015, 6:30 AM
# Health system
GPs in "absolute crisis" - and it could take generations to recover
One group said that they could cut back on pro bono work if the situation continues.
14.1k
78
Apr 10th 2014, 2:36 PM
# general practice
GPs launch campaign for more resources as service on 'brink of collapse'
The IMO wants a five-fold jump in the portion of the health budget spent on General Practice.
6.2k
35
Nov 8th 2013, 12:01 PM
# Health
General Practice in Ireland at "breaking point", says IMO
The Irish Medical Organisation said that budget cuts ‘could end the capacity to introduce universal GP care’.
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36
Jan 10th 2013, 10:35 AM