IMO GP Deal
Well done to Madeline Michael Padraic Susan Val and all at IMO on this and DMO breakthrough not forgetting Martin. As part of the 2023 IMO GP Deal, agreement was reached with the HSE on the provision of a locum service for single handed rural General Practitioners in receipt of a Rural Practice Allowance. This […]
RIDDI AGM / Dr Paddy Cosgrave Rural Doctors Annual Golf Competition: Hodson Bay Hotel, Athlone 7th June 2025
The AGM of the Rural Island & Dispensing Doctors of Ireland (Incorporated as the Institute of Rural Health) is scheduled to start at 12.30 pm on Saturday 7th June 2025 in the Hodson Bay Hotel Athlone. This is followed by the rescheduled Dr Paddy Cosgrove Golf Competition (sponsored by the Irish Medical Times) starting at […]
38th Annual RIDDI Conference: Mulranny, Co Mayo 17th to 19th October 2025
Ireland has been well served by their single-handed family doctors for generations, and the continuity of care has been second to none, and its great benefit proven by hard research. The ongoing difficulty is that single- handed GP practices are disappearing fast and inner city and more rural areas are more likely to continue to […]
Rural Island and Dispensing Doctors of Ireland (RIDDI) Statement for WONCA World Rural Health Conference (20/06/22)
Thirty-five annual conferences later and in the spirit of Alma Alta, the Rural Island and Dispensing Doctors of Ireland (RIDDI) assert the right of Irish rural dwellers to enjoy optimal physical and mental health, in addition to economic and social wellbeing. In this regard and recognising that Irish rural medical practitioners are an essential part […]
Launch of the Rural Doctors Website in the Bunratty Castle Hotel, Bunratty, Co. Limerick
The new Rural Doctors Website was launched today in the Bunratty Castle Hotel, Bunratty, Co. Limerick
Retiring GPs investment news
We are pleased that retiring GPs now have a choice on retirement of investing the retirement lump sum that remains after they have taken their 25%,or putting that lump sum into an annuity. By taking the lump sum and investing it they have ownership of the money and if they die early the money remains with their […]
Meeting of Dispensing Doctors with PCRS on May 7th 2014
Meeting of Dispensing Doctors with PCRS on May 7th 2014 to review the 2nd Dispensing Pilot Scheme. Download the attachments below. Click here to download details of Doctors Meeting 26 February 2014. Click here to download the1999 Dispensing Agreement Click here to download from IMO to Dispensing Doctors December 2013
Rural GP Meeting 11th April 2014
There will be a Rural GP Meeting on Friday 11th April in Bunratty Castle Hotel, Co Clare
National Conference 2014
This year’s conference will take place at the Carlton Shearwater Hotel, Ballinasloe, Co. Galway on the 3rd – 5th October 2014. National Conference 2014 pdf More details to follow.