GPs welcome shift from ‘edifice’ complex

By Gary Culliton. The IMO has welcomed a shift of emphasis in the Government’s primary care strategy, away from what the union says may be “inessential” primary care buildings, which has emerged in tandem with a new requirement under the Croke Park deal for a 30 per cent rise in the number of patients seen by allied health professionals. “We would not be pleased if access to staff – such as physiotherapists, dieticians and psychologists — were to be delayed for the want of buildings that are not essential for the provision of services,” said IMO GP Chair Dr Mary…