Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 26 January 2022
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health
Issues Relating to General Practice: Discussion
Mr. Val Moran:
Regarding access to counselling services, the move under the GP agreement is towards community healthcare networks, which are small populations of approximately 50,000 people. There would be meetings between GPs and the network manager within that area to identify its needs. One area might need additional physiotherapy support whereas another might need counselling support so it is about trying to target those supports a lot more locally through that system. That is coming on stream through the GP agreement. It is not there yet but it is hoped that that will come on stream in the next year or so.
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