State has sidelined us healthcare reform plans, say GPs

DOCTORS are angry at being sidelined in the State’s plan to reform the healthcare system.

In its first definitive response to three Government reports on healthcare reform, the Irish College of General Practitioners (ICGP) say their role so far has been minimal.

Two years on, there are still only 10 primary care centres in the country, despite a promise that there would be 600 by 2012.