Lack of counselling 'forces GPs to prescribe drugs'
The Irish College of General Practitioners (ICGP) said the Government had spent only €20 million on primary care in the last two years. Under its Primary Care Strategy, the Government proposed to roll out over 10 years a network of primary care centres, encompassing GPs and counsellors, under a €1.27 billion plan.
"The amount of investment by this government and previous governments has been minimal. There just aren't the resources there," said Dr Eamonn Shanahan, chair of the ICGP.
