90% believe housing with supports for older people urgently needed
90% believe housing with supports for older people urgently needed – survey | Morning Ireland – RTÉ Radio 1 https://www.rte.ie/radio/radio1/clips/22564926
Jerry Cowley discusses Rural Doctors on TG4
Jerry Cowley discusses Rural Doctors on TG4, Wednesday 15th of October. https://vimeo.com/1127815959?share=copy&fl=sv&fe=ci
Strategic review of General Practice 29th August 2024
Submission by the Rural, Island & Dispensing Doctors of Ireland (Incorporated as the Institute of Rural Health CLG RCN :257949 on 07/12/1996). INTRODUCTION The health service is under serious pressure. Our government struggles to cope with massive escalation of costs. A visit to any local ED will disclose a multitude of doctors struggling to cope with the […]
Supply and Demand of General Practice in Ireland
Department of Health Publication Click here to download report
Lisdoonvarna GP service ‘would be closed’ without support
A GP practice in Co Clare has avoided closure after a doctor agreed not to retire and to take over the service in Lisdoonvarna. The post had been advertised twice by the Health Service Executive but failed to attract any candidates. Click here for full story on RTE
Mayo faces a threat of GP shortages as family doctors in single practice retire, with difficulties in replacing them.
Mid West Today The county has a high proportion of single-practice GPs. Reasons for concern are raised in the General Practice in Ireland: An Analysis of Supply & Demand report, published this week. The paper was produced by the Irish Government Economic and Evaluation Service (IGEES) at the Department of Health. Mayo, Leitrim and West […]
GP ‘blackspots’ in parts of Mayo
A new report has highlighted parts of Mayo as ‘blackspots’ for medical services…
‘I was a rural GP for 40 years but now there’s no doctor willing to take over’
Dr Jerry Crowley identifies ‘inability to get locums’ as major problem Dr Jerry Cowley has delivered no fewer than seven babies whose mothers could not make it to hospital in time during his 40 years as a rural GP – but his type of family doctor’s practice is an endangered species. Click here for full […]
A Strategic Review of General Practice: Submission by the Rural, Island & Dispensing Doctors of Ireland (RIDDI) to government (Irish Medical Times)
The health service is under serious pressure. Our government struggles to cope with a massive escalation of costs. And rural doctors are losing out financially and socially – as are their patients writes Dr Jerry Cowley A visit to any local ED will disclose a multitude of doctors struggling to cope with the flow of […]
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