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No Midoc solution as 100,000 calls for GP out-of-hours help in Laois and Midlands recorded

The number of people seen by doctors at the Midoc out-of-hours GP centres in Portlaoise and other towns doubled in 2022 as overall requests for help surged across the Midlands, according to newly published figures from the HSE. Health management has ...

05 Mar 2023 at 21:33

Christmas In Laois

Midoc GP opening hours in Laois and midlands over Christmas and New Year

The HSE is encouraging the public to consider all care options before attending hospital Emergency Departments (ED) to protect our EDs for those patients who need urgent and emergency care. It says one such option is the out of hours urgent GP ...

22 Dec 2022 at 21:33

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Sticking plaster deal on Laois GP out-of-hours service but Midoc will cease trading

A short term deal is understood to have been struck that will see GPs from Laois and other Midland counties continue to provide out-of-hours services but the GP company that runs the service will cease to exist from January 1. While the HSE ...

30 Dec 2022 at 21:33

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Health Minister 'must knock heads together' to prevent 'unthinkable' lack of GP cover demands Laois TD

The Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly must directly intervene and find away to ensure more than 300,000 people living in the Midland counties have a 24/7 out of hours GP service beyond January 15. That is the demand made by Laois Offaly ...

03 Jan 2023 at 19:33

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Staggering amount spent on GP out-of-hours services in Midlands that's now in limbo

Fees paid to doctors accounted for more than €3 million out of almost €8 million in public money spent by the HSE in providing urgent out-of-hours GP care in Laois and other midlands counties in 2022. The spend on the service which is now ...

18 Jan 2023 at 12:33

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Nearly €8 million spent on GP out-of-hours service in Longford and Midlands

Fees paid to doctors accounted for more than €3 million out of almost €8 million in public money spent by the HSE in providing urgent out-of-hours GP care in Longford and other midlands counties in 2022. The spend on the service was ...

18 Jan 2023 at 17:33

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'Ad hoc...not cheap...inconsistent' out-of-hours GP care in Laois and elsewhere Taoiseach admits to Laois TD

The out-of-hours GP service in Laois and other Midlands counties is part of an example of an expensive, inconsistent, and ad hoc system such care is delivered around Ireland, according to the Taoiseach Leo Varadkar. That's the view ...

26 Jan 2023 at 22:33

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International accounting firm called in to examine the costs of Laois out-of-hours GP service

Price Waterhouse Coopers were hired by the HSE to assess the 'financial challenges' in running the troubled GP out-of-hours services in Laois and other Midlands counties ahead of the breakdown in the partnership arrangement in ...

28 Feb 2023 at 19:33

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Laois MIDOC out-of-hours GP New Year arrangments

The HSE says alternative healthcare services to hospitals are opened through the New Year celebrations such as Injury Units, GP and GP Out of Hour services and pharmacies as alternatives to attending hospital Emergency ...

30 Dec 2024 at 07:33

Christmas In Laois

Laois MIDOC out-of-hours GP Christmas and New Year arrangments

The HSE says alternative healthcare services to hospitals are opened this Christmas such as Injury Units, GP and GP Out of Hour services and pharmacies as alternatives to attending hospital Emergency Departments. In ...

20 Dec 2024 at 18:33

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GPs have HSE 'over a barrel' on out-of-hours care in Laois and Midlands claims TD

The threat to out-of-hours GP care in the Laois and other counties can be traced to being dependent on doctors and private companies whom he said can 'pull the plug' if they don't get enough income to deliver the ...

07 Feb 2023 at 13:33

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Laois Offaly TD to lead quizzing of HSE CEO on GP out-of-hours after Midoc debacle

A Laois TD is set to lead scrutiny of how public money is spent on GP out-of-hours care in Laois, the rest of the Midlands and around Ireland when the boss of the HSE and other senior health service managers ...

02 Feb 2023 at 08:33

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