Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 21 September 2022

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health

Issues at the Emergency Department of University Hospital Limerick Raised in the HIQA Report: Discussion

Ms Maria Bridgeman:

I was just about to come to that in a second for the Deputy. In the meantime, I have not had a chance to read the report but I am actually aware of some of the content within it. In respect of GPs, it is widely known across the Irish health system that we are going to be challenged in respect of recruiting GPs. In the mid-west, and we will specifically speak about County Clare, getting resources and staffing to rural areas is a challenge for us. We have some good news in respect of the GP practice out in Kilmihil, however, where a GP has taken up the post there after it being advertised. That is good news. We have a GP in charge practice in Kilmihil because of a particular issue there.

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