First things first: we must invest in primary care to revive health service

Primary care centres need to become the place of first resort. They need to be open seven days a week, writes Fergus Finlay

IT WAS around this time of year, though an awful lot colder.

A chap in a tweed jacket, carrying too much weight, but with a good head of hair and a fine, bushy beard, stood on the steps of Government Buildings — steps that in those days opened onto Merrion Street — and handed out a prepared statement.