'Re-think' wanted on how rural GPs are recruited

Dr Martin Daly said there was ‘an indication that GPs in training wanted to stay in this country’. Picture: Gerard O’Loughlin

A “complete re-think” in how rural doctors are recruited is needed to address the crisis in GP numbers, the Irish Medical Organisation has said.

The Irish Examiner reportedlast weekend how one region in Kerry has gone from six doctors to three, including one approaching retirement in a microcosm of the national crisis.