It was reported over the weekend that money has been allocated to begin reversal of FEMPI. This had better be true......

By their actions the Govt. in particular the Dept. Finance, want cheap impersonal General Practice which is too thinly spread. Disastrous for our patients and our health service. We need to let the public know

Great positive session at ICGP Winter Mtg. Obama quote that if change not happening, don’t wait for others. Stories about how to politely say no, how to change the dynamic, how to influence demand. Take the nose off grindstone and think!

Just finished a 9 hour out of hours shift. Unlike videodoc, we GPs are available 24/7/365.

Calling GP trainees -time to get the new year off to a great start by submitting your abstract to the 2019 AUDGPI/ ICGP Scientific Meeting | RCSI audgpi.ie/?p=1733. Closing date for submission Jan 14th. Hoping to see many of you there Irish College of GPs Western GP Programme ICGP Trainee Network

2 vignettes which beautifully describe how continuity of care prevents over medicalisation and supports patients in their darkest times. Read newstatesman.com/politics/healt…

This is a ringing endorsement for high quality CME

x.com/slaintecare/st… Slaintecare infrastructure actions 2019, images are completely hospital orientated. Lip service to community again. Is this a good start?

Euract in beautiful Riga. - The power of international collaboration for promotion of teaching in General Practice is harnessed by this group. Great ideas, publications and understanding. Very friendly too

Blacks law dictionary for absolute; Something that is unconditional, final, complete and without any restrictions or conditions. What do we GPs tell our patients who present for a cervical test from tomorrow?

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Unnecessarily heavy admin burden in Irish GP has been noted by Dept. Finance. Their report : "GPs reported very large administrative workload on GP practices (HSE & Coyne Research, 2017) including paperwork, difficulty reclaiming PCRS expenses,

excessive processes for GMS consultant prescriptions and difficulty registering nursing home patients. Increased form filling/signing requirements were also highlighted. Reviews of the GMS prescription process and the PCRS system with an intention of reducing

the administrative burden were resultingly recommended." We GPs know we can free up at least an hour a day if much of this red tape were removed. Let's see action to reduce the paperwork!

Another great ICGP COVID update webinar this evening. Well done, Tony and crew. If you missed it, catch it on the ICGP website from tomorrow

Fintan and John just wrapping up an excellent ICGP Webinar. Incredible amounts of good information. Is missed catch it up on the ICGP website. Great work, Tony Cox & Co!

GPs "gut feeling" more effective than guidelines- today in BJGP