Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 26 January 2022

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health

Issues Relating to General Practice: Discussion

Dr. Diarmuid Quinlan:

I thank the Deputy. I will follow up on Dr. Crowley and the role of GP nurses. As I said, we need substantially more nurses. Far be it from me to specify what nurses should be looking for but we need to engage with nurses and look at what terms and conditions they are looking for. We need a training pathway for young nurses when they graduate so that general practice becomes an attractive career for them. What steps do we need to put in place for that to happen? We need-----

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