Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 27 September 2023

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health

Update on Sláintecare Reforms

Photo of Seán KyneSeán Kyne (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

What percentage of doctors are part of the Westdoc, Southdoc and Eastdoc services in terms of providing out-of-hours services? Certainly in my own area of Moycullen, there are GPs who are part of the new 12 midnight to 8 a.m. red-eye service but who are not fully integrated in Westdoc. I think that is a deterrent to, for example, a replacement of a GP service in Oughterard, where the second GP position is vacant. Is this issue particular to my part of the world or is there evidence of it in other areas as well?

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