GP screening: Poorer patients ‘fall through cracks’
Dr Edel McGinnity, a GP in Blanchardstown, Dublin said the immediate needs of patients acted as “serious barriers” to chronic disease management and cancer screening.
Dr McGinnity, a member of Deep End Ireland that represents GPs working in disadvantaged areas, told yesterday’s meeting of the Oireachtas Committee on the Future of Healthcare about a woman who needed a smear test.
