Up to 500 GPs, from the National Association of General Practitioners, are expected to protest outside the Dáil at 2pm today, to protest over cutbacks, saying patient safety is at stake.
“Adequate medical cover will be in place during the demonstration”.
RTÉ reports:
Dr Stephen Murphy, a GP and NAGP executive committee member, said GPs have been faced with a 40% cut in income fees and are struggling to survive because of years of successive cutbacks.
He said: “We want resourcing. We need more GPs. We need more facilities to enable us to hold on to the GPs that we have.