Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 19 September 2018

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health

Clinical Guidelines for the Introduction of Abortion Services: Discussion

9:00 am

Dr. Peter Boylan:

The Deputy made frequent reference to GPs, but "community care" is a better term for describing it. We envisage family planning clinics and so on also being able to provide the service and it not being restricted to GPs. That is an undue load and concentration on GPs, as there is more to this than just them.