Ms Marie O'Shea:

The GPs I spoke to felt it was fair remuneration for the work they were doing. Some GPs mentioned to me that in complicated cases or where somebody continues to be pregnant, they may have multiple visits to the GP for hormone testing to see if the hormone levels are going down or if they need to be referred to a hospital or given additional mifepristone and the treatment changed. They did not make an issue out of being paid for the additional work that can sometimes accompany this.

As for whether it would be consistently applied, in all honesty time would tell but the GPs are trained by the ICGP. It runs courses and programmes for people to attend and it is very practically focused. GPs would be advised on how to apply it in a consistent manner, probably based on national guidelines.