Aileen O'Meara
ICGP Communications Consultant
Tel: 087 2239830 / 01 5175311
Email: media@icgp.ie
The crisis in mental health services in Ireland has become a crisis in general practice according to the Irish College of General Practice (ICGP), which presented a detailed submission to the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Mental Health in relation to GP-led primary care expansion on Thursday 14 December. » read more
The Irish College of General Practitioners expresses its sympathy on the death by suicide of Milly Tuomey, whose inquest was covered in the media on Friday 1 and Saturday 2 December. » read more
ICGP Submission to the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Health in Relation to Primary Care Expansion » read more
Social media campaign successful in highlighting the advantages of being a GP. » read more
Irish College of General Practitioners highlights the misuse of antibiotics on European Antibiotic Awareness Day » read more
A further 17% of recent graduates are considering emigration, survey finds. » read more
The ICGP welcomes the publication of 'Building a better GP and Primary Care Service,' by the HSE, which was commissioned against the background of a new contractual framework for general practice. » read more
On 7 November, Minister for Health Simon Harris TD announced his Department will begin to engage on fees for contracted health professionals, including general practitioners who provide services to medical card holders and other schemes. » read more
The Public Health (Alcohol) Bill, which returns to the Seanad today (Wednesday 8 November), aims to tackle Ireland's harmful relationship with alcohol. » read more
The main theme of the 85th European General Practice Research Network (EGPRN) Conference, which is taking place in Dublin from today, 19 October until Saturday 21 October, is 'Mental Health in Primary Care' and 'Increasing Public and Patient Involvement in Health Research.' » read more
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