ShannonDoc, the out of hours GP service for the Mid-West, has predicted patient numbers across the Christmas period this year will be double normal operating levels.
Shannondoc, the out-of-hours GP service for the Mid-West region, has reassured the public that it is service as normal as the government’s Coronavirus intervention takes effect over the coming weeks but that all patients with COVID-19 concerns must refer to the HSE.
Shannondoc, the out of hours GP service for Clare, Limerick and Tipperary, has asked the public for understanding over the Christmas period due to anticipated and unprecedented volumes of patients presenting to the service.
The Chairman of Shannondoc, Dr Pat Morrissey, has called for politicians across the Mid-West regions to join ranks in a push for locum permit rule changes to help stave off cuts to services at the out-of-hours GP service.
Clare TD, Timmy Dooley has said that the recent decision by the Board of Management of ShannonDoc not to reverse the cuts to out of hours GP services in the east and west of the county is unacceptable and must be challenged.
ShannonDoc have been accused of spinning by Clare TD Timmy Dooley who believes patients are being used as pawns as changes are foisted on rural communities in the county.
Clare Fine Gael TD Joe Carey is enlisting the support of the three of the Government’s most senior Ministers in a bid to resolve some of the issues that have led to the reduction of Shannondoc services in East and West Clare.
