GPs fear lives at risk as HSE slashes out-of-hours funding

DOCTORS have warned patients’ lives will be at risk because of a plan by the Health Service Executive to slash funding to an out of hours GP service in the north east.

GPs fear lives at risk as HSE slashes out-of-hours funding

The North East Doctor on Call (NEDOC) service has been told that instead of an annual block grant it will receive a payment for every public patient treated from next year.

NEDOC, established 10 years ago, received €5m in funding from the health authority last year.

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