Will the expansion of free GP care lead to delays?

Published: Sept. 11, 2023, 7:30 a.m.

215,000 people are newly eligible for free GP care from this morning. This is the first of two phases that will provide free GP care to an estimated 430,000 people in the country on a means-tested basis.  

Dr Brendan O\u2019Shea, Assistant Adjuvant Professor in Public Health and Primary Care at Trinity College Dublin and a practicing GP in County Kildare spoke to Newstalk Breakfast.