Dr. Diarmuid Quinlan:

Scotland is really quite similar to Ireland with population - a couple of major cities and the rest spread across the Highlands and the islands. They have substantially increased their GP training and they have a lot of additional mechanisms to ensure that in rural and remote areas there is a secure supply of GPs and GP care for patients when they need it. That does require innovative thinking. We have incorporated some of those suggestions into our Shaping the Future of General Practice document. There certainly are models from overseas we can adapt part of.