Peadar Tóibín
Ceist:1925. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the number of general practitioners working in total in each county in Ireland for each of the past five years. [43715/22]
Amharc ar fhreagraThursday, 8 September 2022
Ceisteanna (1925)
Freagraí scríofa
General practitioners are private practitioners. No central register exists specifically for GPs working in Ireland, however all doctors in practice in Ireland must be registered with the Medical Council. At present there are 4,472 doctors on the Medical Council's Specialist Register in the specialty of General Practice. However, holding registration does not necessarily mean that a medical practitioner is active in general practice.
As of the start of this month, 2,522 GPs hold a GMS contract and a further 546 GPs hold some other contract with the HSE for the provision of health services. In relation to the number of HSE contracted GPs in each county over the past 5 years, as this is a service matter I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the Deputy directly, as soon as possible.