General Practitioner Services
Dail Éireann — 2023-04-20
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Holly Cairns (SD), Cork South-West

The Minister will be aware of the major pressures GP out-of-hours services face across the country. SouthDoc, which is the Cork and Kerry service, is having issues with recruiting staff, especially in rural areas. That has resulted in some of the services not running. Local GPs and their staff are already overstretched and they cannot be expected to also provide out-of-hours cover. What is the Minister doing to address this issue?

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Sitting date: 2023-04-20