HSE ‘struggling to find enough GPs to treat Ukrainian refugees’ 

Doctors particularly in Co Clare are under pressure to treat Ukrainian refugees.

The HSE is struggling to find enough general practitioners (GPs) to treat Ukrainian refugees, with doctors in Co Clare in particular under “incredible pressure”, a senior official said on Tuesday.

“There are 3,000 refugees in Clare. The GPs in Clare are under incredible pressure because there aren’t that many GPs in Clare,” Dr Margaret Fitzgerald, National Public Health Lead at the Social Inclusion Office, said.