NEDOC News

GMS Cancellations

adminorg — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 09:42:00 +0000

A GP practice based in the North East lost 570 medical card patients in December alone while another practice in the South lost 600 patients, IMN understands.

Dr Illona Duffy, a GP based in Monaghan, told IMN that many practices saw a five per cent reduction in medical card patients in December.

NEDOC at Christmas

adminorg — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 17:21:13 +0000

Patients using NEDOC over Christmas and New Year are asked to be aware of the opening times which are outlined below.
Please note that there will be extensive demand on the service over the four days of Christmas and three days of New Year. While every effort will be made to manage the service as quickly as possible, inevitabely patients will experience delays in having their calls returned and in waiting to see a doctor.
Patients who require routine care should go to see their own GP during normal surgery hours.
NEDOC is an urgent out of hours service and is not a replacement for the emergency services. Patients who require emergency treatment should attend their nearest Emergency Department.
NEDOC will be open from 6pm Friday 23rd until 8am Wednesday 28th December. Normal surgeries will resume on Wednesday morning at the usual times.
The service will operate from 6pm-8am on Wed 28th, Thurs 29th & Fri 30th December.
Over the New Year weekend, NEDOC will be open from 6pm on Friday 30th until 8am on Tuesday 3rd January 2012. Normal surgery will resume on Tuesday morning at the normal times.

GPs’ co-op service threatened by ‘chaos’

adminorg — Thu, 16 Jun 2011 10:48:01 +0000

A massive upsurge in night-time GP call-outs coupled with a huge funding cut could see the region’s North-East Doctor on Call (NEDoC) service “imploding” by the end of this year.

The operations manager of NEDOC said this week the programme is in “chaos” and is “unsustainable” while a Navan GP has said he cannot see it survive the winter.

Patients experience delays as NEDoC cuts take effect

adminorg — Thu, 10 Mar 2011 10:39:22 +0000

Patients attending the North-East Doctor on Call (NEDoC) service last weekend experienced lengthy delays before seeing a doctor, following cutbacks which came into effect last week.

There has been a substantial cut in the number of doctors-on-call, including a 50 per cent reduction in the numbers based in Navan at weekends, as a result of a 62 per cent cut in HSE funding to the GP out-of-hours service.

HSE Denial that Asnaesthetic Cover to be lost at Hospital

adminorg — Fri, 18 Feb 2011 10:04:21 +0000

The HSE has confirmed that ‘detailed planning’ regarding the future of Navan Hospital is currently underway but denied that night-time anaesthetic cover will cease there in the coming weeks.

In response to speculation that after-hours anaesthetic cover was to cease in Navan before the end of the month, the HSE moved to quell the rumours but said detailed planning regarding the hospital’s future was taking place and there would be engagement with senior clinical and other senior staff regarding the changes, and later with all affected staff.

GP co-op cuts to hit patients from March, medics warn

adminorg — Fri, 18 Feb 2011 10:03:01 +0000

Patients contacting the North-East Doctor on Call service (NEDoC) will face “exceptionally longer waiting times” to see a doctor because of new arrangements which will come into effect from 1st March, according to Kells GP, Dr Peter Wahlrab.

He warned that drastic cuts in the service, which will be implemented next month, could have safety implications. “As one of those who set up this service, I am not convinced that we can provide a safe level of cover under the new arrangements,” he said.