I read this interesting article about Cork University Hospital contacting GPs across the city, "urging them to sign up for shifts in the A&E."
www.irishexaminer.com
I'm curious under what capacity or level Irish GPs can work in Irish emergency departments in general, and how frequent this is.
Certainly there is more to it than just "signing up for shifts"?
I would imagine that in more rural areas it could be harder to get emergency trained physicians, and GPs perhaps are providing the emergency care, but could someone fill in the gaps regarding the rules for doing this, and how it works in practise?
Plans to have GPs working in emergency departments like 'robbing Peter to pay Paul'
Any plan to have GPs working alongside consultants in hospital emergency departments could result in an 'extraordinarily efficient service' but it will not work as a stop-gap measure, according to a leading GP in Cork.
www.irishexaminer.com
I'm curious under what capacity or level Irish GPs can work in Irish emergency departments in general, and how frequent this is.
Certainly there is more to it than just "signing up for shifts"?
I would imagine that in more rural areas it could be harder to get emergency trained physicians, and GPs perhaps are providing the emergency care, but could someone fill in the gaps regarding the rules for doing this, and how it works in practise?
