Free contraception should be made available to all women aged 17 to 55

GP and IMO member Dr Aideen Brides: 'We all know you need contraceptive care up until the age of 55, so for 19 years for private patients nothing is covered.' Picture:  Shane O'Neill/ Coalesce

Free contraception should be available for all women aged 17 to 55 and GPs should be funded to advise women on osteoporosis and menopause, a GP has urged.

Dr Aideen Brides addressed the Irish Medical Organisation’s AGM over the weekend in Killarney.