What does the most recent IPCC Report on Climate Change mean for Irish General Practice?
by Dr Seán Owens, Chair, Sustainability Working Group of the Irish College of General Practitioners Every 5 years the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), the UN body for assessing the science relating to climate change, convene and report on the current...
ICGP welcomes the Earth Day 2021 theme #RestoreOurEarth
We recognise that we cannot have healthy patients, healthy doctors, healthy nurses or healthy GP Trainees when we have an unhealthy planet. In May 2019, Ireland became the second country on the planet to declare a climate emergency. That same month, the ICGP...
ICGP supports global effort to ensure equal access to COVID-19 vaccines for all
Today is World Health Day (April 7th) and this year’s theme is highly appropriate. In the midst of a worldwide COVID-19 pandemic, this year’s theme is “building a fairer, healthier world”. The theme reflects the #matchmyjab initiative – supported by the ICGP...
College’s President marks International Women’s Day 2021
International Women’s Day is a global day in which we celebrate the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women all over the world. It’s also a day to raise awareness of women’s equality and this year the theme is “Choose to Challenge” – from...