Minister for Health, Jennifer Carroll MacNeill TD welcomes the publication of the ‘General Practice in Ireland: An Analysis of Supply & Demand’
Press Release: Monday 30 June 2025 Department of Health The Minister for Health Jennifer Carroll MacNeill TD has today published ‘General Practice in Ireland: An Analysis of Supply & Demand’ to improve the evidence base for the Strategic Review of General Practice. The Paper was produced by the Irish Government Economic and Evaluation Service (IGEES) […]
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 […]
AGM of the Rural Island & Dispensing Doctors of Ireland (RIDDI) which is incorporated as the Institute of Rural Health CLG will take place in the Hodson Bay Hotel Athlone on 7th June 2025 at 12.30 pm.
You are cordially invited to attend the (in- person) AGM of the Rural Island & Dispensing Doctors of Ireland (RIDDI) which is incorporated as the Institute of Rural Health CLG.AGM will take place in the Hodson Bay Hotel Athlone on 7th June 2025 at 12.30 pm. Agenda: Minutes of previous AGM / Conflict of interest/ Chairmans […]
Irish Rural Link Annual Conference & AGM 2025
Attending the Irish Rural Link Conference & AGM In Athlone – Health in Rural Ireland; Finding Innovative Solutions. Deputy Doctor Martin Daly and Prof Robert Scully addressing Irish Rural Link Conference
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 […]