GPs: Budget plan is electioneering

Doctors have branded plans to extend free GP care to under-12s as “Government electioneering” and claim it will put patients at risk.

The National Association of General Practitioners (NAGP) is to ask its 1,450 members to consider capping the number of patients they see every day for patient safety reasons.

The association decided at an emergency meeting on Friday to put the proposal forward for a vote at its national meeting next month in Clonmel, Co Tipperary.