gp care

Thousands of people become eligible for free GP care from today

Thousands of people become eligible for free GP care from today

“It’s a really important measure” From today (September 11th), an additional 215,000 people will be eligible to access free GP care. Minister for Health, Stephen Donnelly, has announced that applications for the GP visit cards are open for newly eligible people. This is the first of two phases to provide free care by GPs to […]

3 years ago

Free GP care for all could be introduced by 2026

Free GP care for all could be introduced by 2026

Free GP care is currently not available in Ireland. Free GP care for all of Ireland would cost between €381m and €881m. The figures were confirmed in a study published by the ERSI. The ERSI believes free GP care could be introduced in Ireland by 2026. There have been calls to extend free GP care […]

3 years ago

Budget 2022: Free GP care for 6 and 7-year-olds and increased parents leave

Budget 2022: Free GP care for 6 and 7-year-olds and increased parents leave

Here’s everything parents need to know about Budget 2022. Health Free GP care has been extended to children aged 6 and 7 with the intention to extend it up to the age of 12. Free contraception for women aged 17-25 from next August. €250 million investment in resolving waiting list crisis. Threshold for the drug […]

5 years ago

Free GP care will soon be made available to all children under 12

Free GP care will soon be made available to all children under 12

Free GP care will soon be made available to all children under 12. The government plans to start rolling this plan out from 2020 with free GP visits first becoming available to children under 8 years of age next year, to those under ten by 2021 and later extending to kids under 12. The new initiative should […]

8 years ago