A Clare General Practioner claims extending the eligibility of free healthcare cannot guarantee access to appointments due to serious capacity issues within local services. A further 215,000 people across the country can avail of free GP healthcare from today, as part of the phased introduction of the governments universal scheme. However there is currently a deficit […]
A Clare General Practicioner is calling on the state to exhaust all efforts to attract more people into the profession. The GP visit card for children was extended to six and seven year olds on Friday, which the government estimate will allow an additional 78,000 children to access free healthcare. However the Irish College of […]