HSE pays €50m to 100 GP practices around Ireland

Twenty GP practices received payments in excess of €500,000 from the HSE last year for their participation in free primary healthcare schemes.

In total, the State’s 100 top-earning GP practices shared gross payments of almost €50m from the HSE during 2014, according to the latest figures.

The list is topped by three GP co-operatives, which each received payments of more than €1m under the medical card and General Medical Services schemes last year.