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General Practitioner Services

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 7 December 2021

Tuesday, 7 December 2021

Questions (600)

Bernard Durkan

Question:

600. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Health the steps that can be taken by a person (details supplied) to find a local general practitioner willing to take on an infant for care under the general practitioner care under six scheme in Celbridge, County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60347/21]

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Under the GMS scheme, the HSE contracts GPs to provide medical services without charge to medical card and GP visit card holders. Certain groups, including all those under 6 years of age and those over 70 years of age, are automatically entitled to a GP visit card.

Where a GMS patient experiences difficulty in finding a GP to accept him/her as a patient, the person concerned having unsuccessfully applied to at least three GPs in the area (or fewer if there are fewer GPs in the area) can apply to the HSE National Medical Card Unit which has the power to assign a GMS patient to a GP's GMS patient list. Likewise, a parent on behalf of a child GMS patient who experiences difficulty in finding a GP that will accept their child as a patient can apply to the HSE National Medical Card Unit also.

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