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.
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GMS Cancellations
January 16th, 2012NEDOC at Christmas
December 20th, 2011Patients 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 [...]
GPs’ co-op service threatened by ‘chaos’
June 16th, 2011A 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 [...]
Patients experience delays as NEDoC cuts take effect
March 10th, 2011Patients 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 [...]
HSE Denial that Asnaesthetic Cover to be lost at Hospital
February 18th, 2011The 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 [...]