ICGP to continue advocacy work

GPs have shown that by working together they can be a powerful voice, delegates attending this year’s ICGP Winter Meeting held last weekend were told. More than 200 ICGP members attended the meeting, under the theme ‘The Different Faces of Advocacy in General Practice’, in Athlone last Saturday (November 22). “Looking back on our advocacy activities in 2014,” ICGP Chair Dr Mary Sheehan said, “GPs have shown that by working together, we can be a powerful voice for patients, trainees and the sector.” During the year, the College highlighted difficulties experienced by public patients who lost or were declined discretionary…