A Clare Doctor claims the workload facing rural GPs must be urgently reduced to entice more graduates into the profession.
In a bid to address the recruitment crisis in rural areas, the Department of Health has announced that it will offer an additional 350 GP training places within the coming weeks.
Clare currently has 33% fewer GPs than the national average and Government will also be forming a special task force to plan doctor services around the growing population.
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Dr Fergus Glynn from Ennis Medical Centre says that the issue of burnout must be resolved.
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