GPs work with broken equipment

By Catherine Reilly.   Some 41 per cent of GPs have been unable to replace broken equipment such as ECG machines and 24-hour BP monitors due to inadequate funding, according to a survey of 720 GPs by the National Association of General Practitioners (NAGP). The NAGP presented the results to Fine Gael’s internal health committee on January 21.   The survey by Dr Aifric Boylan of the NAGP Executive Committee was conducted from January 16-20 and also found that 41 per cent of GPs would either definitely not, or probably not, participate in the Government’s proposed free GP care for…