Emergency care resources 'highly skewed' to North East, study finds

Spending on urgent and emergency care in Ireland varies greatly depending on the patient’s address, according to a new study.

The research from Trinity College Dublin and University College Cork examined variation in per capita spending on GPs, ambulances, Emergency Departments and local injury units by county and by region. It found Louth tops the table at €207 per capita on urgent and emergency care while Wicklow gets less than a quarter of this amount with just over €46 per capita.