Medical Council investigated 32 people practicing medicine without a licence last year

Irish Medical Council president and consultant paediatric intensivist and anaesthesiologist Dr Suzanne Crowe expects new legislation and other changes to mean faster processing of complaints. Picture: Moya Nolan

The Medical Council investigated 32 people who were practicing medicine without a licence — with one person reported to gardaí — and helped gardaí with six criminal investigations last year.

The council’s annual report also shows more doctors on the council’s register last year than in 2022 — at 29,488 and 27,520 respectively.