‘Allow GPs take 1,000 addicts off waiting list’

FAMILY doctors could take 1,000 drug addicts off treatment waiting lists if they were allowed treat more people, a leading GP has said.

Dr Patrick Troy, who has worked in addiction services for 15 years, said the move would be of particular benefit in many places outside Dublin, where there is a serious lack of treatment facilities.

His call comes as waiting lists for methadone treatment in parts of Dublin and much of the country have increased.