HSE modelling suggests there will be significantly less doctors in rural areas in the near future.
The government's lack of urgency on GP availability issues is 'incomprehensible' according to a midlands TD.
Laois Offaly Indepdendent TD Carol Nolan, along with her fellow members of the Rural Independent Group will move a Dáil motion on the provision on healthcare in rural areas this week.
Current HSE modelling outlines that Ireland could see severe shortages of GPs in more rural areas next year, this comes along with strong chance that 2026 will see the retirement of somewhere close to 700 more.
Deputy Nolan says the odds have been stacked against rural communities in what is becoming a GP 'lottery':
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