Working Life: I became a GP to make a difference

Dr Edel McGinnity, HSE enhanced-community-care GP lead

Dr Edel McGinnity, HSE enhanced-community-care GP lead. Picture: Gareth Chaney

7am

A 10-minute meditation using the Calm app gets my day underway, followed by a cycle to work in Mulhuddart. After 28 years working as a GP in a disadvantaged part of Dublin, I took up the post of GP lead one day a week, as part of the HSE’s new enhanced community care programme. My job is to make connections between GPs, HSE, and other services that will benefit patients.