How to heal a sickly profession in Budget 2018

Lloyd Mudiwa pores over wide-ranging recommendations in the NAGP’s pre-budget 2018 submission, which it says will not only save the floundering general practice profession but also rescue Ireland’s health service from crisis       There is no doubting that Irish general practice is at a turning point, which is the scene set by the National Association of General Practitioners (NAGP) as a backdrop to the Association’s pre-Budget 2018 submission. The sector is on the brink of collapse. There is an ever-increasing risk to patients’ safety due to a GMS contract that is out of date, not fit for purpose…