Sep 27, 2022 | Uncategorized
Innovative solutions to the GP Workforce crisis needed as Government announces expansion of free GP care in Budget 2023. 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. 27th...
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 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...
May 30, 2022 | Press Releases, Uncategorized
Irish College of General Practitioners DIARY NOTICE EVENT: Annual Conference of the Irish College of General Practitioners 2022 DATE: Saturday June 18th 2022, 8am to 6.30pm LOCATION: University Concert Hall, University of Limerick campus, Limerick. THEME: “Shaping...
May 18, 2022 | Press Releases, Uncategorized
World Family Doctor Day (19 May) celebrates the central role of family doctors in delivery of healthcare with the theme “Family Doctors – Always There to Care”. ICGP urges Government to help find solutions to GP shortages problem. Over 3,500 GPs in Ireland,...
Apr 21, 2022 | Press Releases, Uncategorized
General Practitioners’ Sustainability Working Group calls for a roadmap for Irish healthcare to achieve net zero carbon emissions, on World Earth Day 2022 (22nd April 2022). Irish healthcare does not measure carbon emissions, in a sector with a significant carbon...
