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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Recruitment, Retention and Manpower Planning Issues: Irish College of General Practitioners (14 Dec 2022)
Dr. Diarmuid Quinlan: GP nurses have a huge role in general practice. Most parents see that. They see their children getting vaccines and cervical smears and receiving chronic disease management. The nurses play a really important role. They are an integral part of our GP training programme for our GP workforce. However, we simply do not have anywhere near enough of them. I worked in...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Recruitment, Retention and Manpower Planning Issues: Irish College of General Practitioners (14 Dec 2022)
Dr. Diarmuid Quinlan: It is a very broad course because general practice is very broad. It deals with subjects such as children, childhood vaccination, cervical smears and chronic diseases such as asthma, diabetes and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Our nurses are really excellent at managing stable chronic disease. Also covered are the care of older people and palliative care....