Potential for 2020 and beyond

Outgoing ICGP Chairperson Dr Mary Sheehan looks back on a busy year for the College in terms of policy developments, and ahead to a vision of the health service that places general practice at its centre Last September, October and November saw the publication of a number of College documents that will inform the priorities and work of the ICGP for the next few years. The issues identified were the falling morale and rising stress levels of general practitioners, the difficulties recruiting doctors for sessional work, locums and substantive posts, whether as a salaried doctor or as a GMS principal.…