City GPs seek new arrangements for ‘red eye’ cover

LIMERICK city doctors are drawing up new proposals which they will bring to the Health Service Executive and the Shannondoc coop about out of hours cover in the city.

More than 125 GPs in County Limerick, Clare and North Tipperary provide out of hours cover through Shannondoc, but 70 Limerick city GPs have resisted calls to join Shannondoc.

The HSE last year rejected moves by the city GPs to form a separate co-op.