The Irish Medical Organisation has announced a €210m Government deal for general practice after long-running talks with the Department of Health. Dr Pádraig McGarry, chair of the IMO GP committee, said both the chronic disease and under-12s contracts would be introduced on an opt-in basis for GPs. Dr McGarry said the Fempi cuts had been a major source of anger among GPs. The IMO will organise a series of consultation meetings for members and a ballot of GP members on the deal. GP services suffered badly during the austerity years and were left behind as other sectors saw their FEMPI cuts restored.

Source: Irish Examiner April 06, 2019 03:22 UTC