A year in general practice

While the ICGP is not opposed to the principle of universal access to healthcare, its implementation is one of the biggest challenges for GPs, the College’s CEO Kieran Ryan tells Lloyd Mudiwa. Apart from having to carefully manage a foreseen deficit (see IMT 06/05/16), another challenge last year not just for the College but general practice as a whole was the discussion around the roll-out of the GP care services to children under the age of six, free of charge at the point of delivery. “That was definitely a challenge both for the College and in general practice in Ireland,” the…