Sep 8, 2022 | Press Releases
8th September 2022 (for immediate release) ICGP warns of GP workforce crisis as population grows and becomes older. Only one in five (21%) of GP practices can take new GMS patients, and one in four (26%) can take new private patients, ICGP survey shows. Pre Budget...
Sep 2, 2022 | Press Releases, Uncategorized
The Irish College of General Practitioners, the professional and training body for General Practitioners in Ireland, has responded to the publication of the Medical Council’s Workforce Intelligence Report . ( 2nd September 2022 For immediate release.) The report...
Jun 28, 2022 | Press Releases
(28th June 2022) In response to the announcement that the HSE Chief Executive Paul Reid is stepping down from his position later this year, the ICGP’s President Dr Paul Armstrong said: “The HSE’s CEO Paul Reid’s decision to step down from his role later this year is a...
Jun 27, 2022 | Press Releases
Limerick Declaration on Rural Healthcare endorsed by World Rural Health Conference June 22nd 2022 The World Organization of Family Doctors (WONCA), a global not-for-profit group, with more than half-a-million members in 100 countries met at University Limerick this...
Jun 27, 2022 | Press Releases, Uncategorized
The new President of the Irish College of General Practitioners (June 2022 – May 2023) is Dr Paul Armstrong, a GP in the 7-partner practice in the Lifford and Castlefinn Primary Care Centres in Co Donegal. Dr Armstrong replaces Prof. Tom O’Dowd, a GP in...
Jun 15, 2022 | Press Releases
Irish College of General Practitioners urges the Minister for Health to establish a High Level Working Group to develop innovative solutions to the GP workforce and workload crisis. Major international conference on rural general practice in Limerick highlights...
