Tag Archives: primary care

We need to examine necessary outcomes and services and build GP contract around that

Due to chronic underfunding, general practice has become financially non-viable as a business

Five specific features were associated with colorectal cancer before diagnosis

Disenchantment among GPs led to successful pre-Election RPA deal

The more we look the more we find.

The Minister for Health Simon Harris has shed more light on proposed preliminary talks on a new GP contract set to commence in a matter of weeks, saying the process would be open to all those involved in primary care, IMT reports.

The review of the GMS and other publicly funded health sector contracts involving GPs, a process which is currently under way, provides an opportunity to further enhance the minimum standards that apply to GP practice premises, according to the HSE.

Developing and funding primary care should be the top priority for the new Minister for Health Simon Harris, according to online readers of IMT.

General practices in the UK with higher levels of funding have fewer emergency department (ED) attendances and admissions and greater patient satisfaction, a new study has shown in detail.

Waiting lists to see GPs are developing for the first time as general practice capacity is being ‘overwhelmed by the increased workload’, the Dáil has been told.