Calls to increase medical intern places to encourage more rural GPs

The Oireachtas health committee heard that Canadian medical students who train in Ireland are unable to secure intern places and travel overseas (PA)

The Government is facing calls to increase the number of intern places for medical students to encourage more doctors in to rural general practice.

Representatives from the Irish College of General Practitioners (ICGP) outlined the “huge pressures” on GP practices to the Oireachtas health committee on Wednesday.