HSE boss says there should be no stigma about having GP visit card

HSE CEO Bernard Gloster: Encouraging people to avail of GP visit cards if they are eligible. Picture: Fintan Clarke

HSE chief executive Bernard Gloster has said there should be no stigma about having a GP visit card and urged all those eligible to apply.

This follows shock at the extremely low take-up of GP visit cards with fewer than 39,000 applying for cards out of a potential 430,000 eligible people since September.