Shortage of GPs leads to recruitment drive in Britain

A CAMPAIGN to recruit British-based GPs to work in Ireland will be launched next month.

Facing a growing demographic problem due to the number of GPs reaching retirement age in the coming years, the Health Service Executive has been forced to look abroad.

Recently appointed HSE GP advisor Dr Joe Clarke told the Oireachtas heath committee yesterday that a recruitment campaign in the British media will begin within the “next three or four weeks”.