Delays in filling vacant GP posts highlight the deepening crisis in access to primary care across the Midlands. That's according to a local Sinn Féin TD following a response to her Parliamentary Question which shows a number of long-standing vacancies in the region. One GP position in Longford had to be advertised three times before a suitable candidate was found. Speaking Let's Talk today, Sorca Clarke said Government inaction was to blame:
She says the difficulty in accessing primary care is having a knock-on effect on the wider healthcare system:
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