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Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services Provision (3 Oct 2018)

Simon Harris: Where a medical card or GP visit card holder experiences difficulty in finding a GP to accept him/her as a patient, the HSE has the power to assign that person to a GP's GMS patient list where the person has been removed from another GP's list or refused entry onto a GP's list, and the person has unsuccessfully applied to at least three GPs in the area who are contracted to provide services...

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services Provision (23 Oct 2018)

Simon Harris: Where a medical card or GP visit card holder experiences difficulty in finding a GP to accept him/her as a patient, the HSE has the power to assign that person to a GP's GMS patient list where the person has been removed from another GP's list or refused entry onto a GP's list, and the person has unsuccessfully applied to at least three GPs in the area who are contracted to provide services...

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (18 Apr 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: GPs are private practitioners, most of whom hold a GMS contract with the HSE for the provision of GP services to medical card and GP visit card holders. The GMS contract sets out a GP's requirements under their contract including the number of hours the GP is to make themselves available for consultations with eligible patients. As private practitioners, the provision of GP locum...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Service Executive (25 Apr 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: GPs are private practitioners, most of whom hold a GMS contract with the HSE for the provision of GP services to medical card and GP visit card holders. The GMS contract sets out a GP's requirements under their contract including the number of hours the GP is to make themselves available for consultations with eligible patients. As private practitioners, the provision of GP locum...

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Data (12 Dec 2019)

Simon Harris: ...under the GMS scheme must make suitable arrangements to enable contact to be made with them, or a locum/deputy, for emergencies outside normal practice hours. As part of their regular obligations, GPs are contracted to provide all-hours access for GMS patients. Most GPs do this through regional GP cooperatives. GP cooperatives are private companies that provide out-of-hours services (i.e....

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Medical Services Scheme (10 Dec 2020)

Stephen Donnelly: Under the General Medical Service contract, the HSE may assign an eligible person, a person who holds a medical card or GP visit card, to a GP’s panel where that person has unsuccessfully applied to at least three GMS GPs in their local area, or fewer if there are fewer GPs in the area. Assignments may be reviewed on request from the GP concerned after a period of six months from the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (10 Mar 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: Where a medical card or GP visit card holder experiences difficulty in finding a GP to accept him/her as a patient, the HSE has the power to assign that person to a GP's GMS patient list where the person has unsuccessfully applied to at least three GPs in the area who hold GMS contracts (or fewer GPs if there are fewer GPs in the area). People who do not hold a medical card or GP visit...

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (12 Oct 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: GPs are private practitioners, most of whom hold a contract with the HSE for the provision of health services. Under the GMS scheme, the HSE contracts GPs to provide medical services without charge to medical card and GP visit card holders. For GMS patients unable to locate a GP themselves, the HSE may assign an eligible person to be included on a medical practitioner's GMS list, in...

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (13 Jul 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: The HSE is committed to the provision of high-quality GP services through the GMS GP contract.  Appointments in respect of new or vacant GMS posts are made through open competition following advertisement and competitive interview. Periodically, challenges can be experienced in regard to the permanent filling of some GP posts. In areas where this challenge is experienced, every effort is...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Cards (20 Mar 2024)

Stephen Donnelly: GPs are private practitioners, most of whom hold a GMS contract with the HSE for the provision of GP services without charge to medical card and GP visit card holders. Where a person that holds a medical card or GP visit card, experiences difficulty in finding a GP to accept them as a patient, the person concerned having unsuccessfully applied to at least three GPs in the area (or fewer if...

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (29 Sep 2020)

Stephen Donnelly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 866 to 869, inclusive, together. Where a GMS patient experiences difficulty in finding a GP to accept him/her as a patient, the HSE has the power to assign that person to a GP's GMS patient list where the person has unsuccessfully applied to at least three GPs in the area who hold GMS contracts. People who do not hold a medical card or GP visit card...

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (22 Jan 2019)

Simon Harris: I understand the person concerned does not hold a medical card or GP visit card and is having difficulty finding a GP. People who do not hold a medical card or GP visit card access GP services on a private basis. GPs are private contractors and it is a matter for each individual GP to decide whether to accept additional private patients. In some instances GP practices have a full list of...

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (13 Jul 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: GPs are self-employed private practitioners and therefore may establish practices at a place of their own choosing. Under the GMS scheme, the HSE contracts GPs to provide medical services without charge to medical card and GP visit card holders. Currently there are approximately 2,500 GPs contracted to provide services under the GMS Scheme and as at 1 June, 21 panels, or less than 1%,...

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (21 Sep 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: Where a GMS patient experiences difficulty in finding a GP to accept him/her as a patient, the person concerned having unsuccessfully applied to at least three GPs in the area can apply to the HSE National Medical Card Unit which has the power to assign that person to a GP's GMS patient list. People who do not hold a medical card or GP visit card access GP services on a private basis and...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Health Services (25 Apr 2023)

Thomas Gould: Blarney GP service closed on 31 December when the GP retired. The service was closed and patients were sent to different areas. They were sent to Ballincollig, Blackpool and Ovens. There was a process under way to appoint a new GP. An announcement came last week and patients were told they would have to travel to Blackpool. There are vulnerable patients, including people with lifelong...

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (10 Oct 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: GPs are private practitioners, most of whom hold a contract with the HSE for the provision of health services. Under the GMS scheme, the HSE contracts GPs to provide medical services to medical card and GP visit card holders. For GMS patients unable to locate a GP themselves, the HSE may assign an eligible person to be included on a medical practitioner's GMS list, in accordance with the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (17 Oct 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: GPs are private practitioners, most of whom hold a contract with the HSE for the provision of health services. Under the GMS scheme, the HSE contracts GPs to provide medical services without charge to medical card and GP visit card holders. For GMS patients unable to locate a GP themselves, the HSE may assign an eligible person to be included on a medical practitioner's GMS list where...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (29 Jun 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: Where a GMS patient experiences difficulty in finding a GP to accept him/her as a patient, the person concerned having unsuccessfully applied to at least three GPs in the area can apply to the HSE National Medical Card Unit which has the power to assign that person to a GP's GMS patient list. People who do not hold a medical card or GP visit card access GP services on a private basis and...

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (14 Jul 2022)

Stephen Donnelly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 850 and 851 together. GP GMS contractors receive a range of capitation rates, fee per service payments and practice supports. The cost of GP visit and medical cards varies significantly with the age of the cardholder. Cost calculations require complex and detailed modelling exercises to account for a range of demographic changes, future projections of service...

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (11 May 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: Where a GMS patient experiences difficulty in finding a GP to accept him/her as a patient, the person concerned having unsuccessfully applied to at least three GPs in the area can apply to the HSE National Medical Card Unit which has the power to assign that person to a GP's GMS patient list. People who do not hold a medical card or GP visit card access GP services on a private basis and...