HSE says it had 'no choice' but to refer face mask complaint against GP to Medical Council

The HSE has defended a decision by one of its local offices to refer a complaint against a Dublin GP to the Medical Council after he refused to exempt a patient from wearing a mask, saying the complaint is outside its jurisdiction.

A spokesperson for the HSE’s Dublin South, Kildare, and West Wicklow Community Healthcare Organisation said that if a complaint against a medical professional cannot be resolved with the physician themselves, “then they will have to raise the complaint with the relevant governing agency”.