HSE report highlights value of primary care

Investing in primary care leads to better health outcomes at lower costs, a new report from the HSE confirms.

The author of the report, Prof Tom O’Dowd from Trinity College Dublin, is also concerned at the imbalance in spending between the public and private side of general practice.

Prof O’Dowd, an expert in general practice, said there is international and national consensus on the value of primary care.