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# gp-care - Sunday 5 January, 2020
'Not realistic': Free GP care for under 13s questioned by medical group
Six and seven-year-olds would receive free care from this year under proposed legislation.
# gp-care - Tuesday 8 October, 2019
Free dental care for under-6s and free GP visits extended to under-8s from September 2020
The changes will be brought in from next September.
# gp-care - Sunday 22 October, 2017
Poll: Does it make sense to charge a nominal fee for 'free' GP care for the under-12s?
The Sunday Independent this morning reports that parents could be charged a fee of €5 per visit for such care.
# gp-care - Saturday 4 July, 2015
Here's how many kids have been signed up for free GP care so far
The Minister for Health is happy with the progress so far.
# gp-care - Monday 22 June, 2015
Leo tells GPs to "cop on" in heated exchange over under-sixes
The minister was accused of stroke politics and he was having none of that.
# gp-care - Tuesday 16 June, 2015
Parents registering their kids for GP care were shown other people's details
The website for the new system has been beset with problems since it went live yesterday.
# gp-care - Monday 15 June, 2015
Get treated anywhere in the EU and the HSE can pick up the bill
There has been an office in place to administer the Cross-Border Healthcare Directive since February.
# gp-care - Friday 15 August, 2014
Doctors say it's not fair to charge fees for prescriptions
The report singles out user charges as “inefficient in comparison to pooled funding”.
# gp-care - Monday 11 August, 2014
So it turns out that 'free GP care' might not actually be free
A modest charge could be applied but no final decision has been taken.
# gp-care - Thursday 26 June, 2014
How should Irish adoption laws be changed?
Representatives from a number of groups will address the Health Committee on this issue today.
# gp-care - Tuesday 15 April, 2014
Free GP care will lead to 750,000 extra consultations per year
The Irish Medical Organisation says that figure will “overwhelm” the health system.
# gp-care - Monday 24 February, 2014
IMO could threaten legal action over contract on free GP care
It said it is disappointed by Minister Alex White’s ‘failure to correspond’ with the organisation on negotiations over the issue.
# gp-care - Monday 17 February, 2014
Minister can't rule out "fiver or tenner" charge for 'free' GP care
Alex White raised the issue of nominal fees at the Labour conference, but says he is “not advocating such a charge”.
# gp-care - Friday 31 January, 2014
IMO accuses Government of pushing 'spin over substance' after meeting
The two sides were discussing plans for free GP care for children aged under six.
IMO remains "sceptical" about free child GP care and will tell the Government today
The union say the plan is being implemented “by diktat”.
# gp-care - Sunday 10 November, 2013
Here's What Happened Today: Sunday
Everyone’s talking about a stabbing in Limerick, Remembrance Day and devastation left by Typhoon Haiyan.
IMO accuses Reilly of 'racing ahead' with extension of free GP care
GPs are also reporting “extensive unease” among patients over the withdrawal of discretionary medical cards.
# gp-care - Saturday 26 October, 2013
# gp-care - Sunday 20 October, 2013
Hayes: I have absolute confidence in Minister Reilly's ability
The junior minister said Reilly is the most suitable person to tackle the health budget.
# gp-care - Saturday 19 October, 2013
Aaron McKenna: Giving free GP care for all children under 6 is reckless
Not all families NEED help in sending their children to a GP – but the Government is ignoring that in a cynical ploy to curry favour with the electorate.
# gp-care - Tuesday 15 October, 2013
Noonan: 'No connection' between cuts for pensioners & free GP care for under 5s
The Minister’s been speaking to reporters on his way into the final Cabinet meeting ahead of Budget 2014.
# gp-care - Monday 14 October, 2013
GPs split on free GP care for under fives
The plan is expected to be included in tomorrow’s Budget, but GPs don’t seem to know if it is a good thing or a bad thing.
# gp-care - Saturday 11 May, 2013
Fine Gael TDs on Twitter and free GP care : The week's news skewed
Breaking via The Mire wire: Leinster House goes wild photocopying arses, free GP care for healthy citizens, and FG TDs insult each other for Twitter practice.
# gp-care - Wednesday 8 May, 2013
Taoiseach promises: Government is still going to introduce free GP care
“Ultimately the entire population will be covered by free GP services,” Taoiseach Enda Kenny told the Dáil.
# gp-care - Friday 16 November, 2012
Government plans free GP care by 2015, universal insurance by 2016
James Reilly unveils a programme of ambitious reform in the health sector – saying he’ll need two terms to totally finish it up.
# gp-care - Wednesday 25 April, 2012
The 5 at 5: Wednesday
5 minutes, 5 stories, 5 o’clock.
# gp-care - Thursday 26 January, 2012
HSE chief to face questions over health spending
Cathal Magee will appear before an Oireachtas committee today – with questions likely to focus on nursing home care.
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Poll: Would you be comfortable if the social distance rule was changed to 1 metre?
CHIEF MEDICAL OFFICER Dr Tony Holohan has said that the 2m social distancing rule will be reviewed along with other measures, amid calls to halve the policy to one metre.
Since the beginning of the Covid-19 crisis, the government has urged members of the public to maintain a two-metre distance from others when outside their homes.
However, concerns have been raised about the impact the measures will have on businesses as the country re-opens, as well as people’s ability to use public transport.
Health authorities have also suggested that the 2m rule limits the number of patients that can be treated in emergency departments and waiting rooms.
But Irish health advice is based on guidance from the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, and some worry that shortening the distance will lead to a further spread of Covid-19.
So today we’re wondering: Would you be comfortable if the distance rule changed to 1 metre?
Poll Results:
No (8426)
Yes (7861)
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Using all of our health service facilities has helped against Covid-19. Any change to that should be handled carefully
By Dr Ciarán Ó Riain
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