Liam Norton

A GP seesawing with being a Dad

[Irish College of GPs @ICGPnews]

PRESS STATEMENT GPs ask public for patience in making appointments due to workload pressures.
Read here
https://t.co/mOAJ7hPLar
#COVID19 #vaccines

[illona duffy @illonaduffy]

@sarahmsheehan1 @dwcork @WalleyRay @HSELive @IMO_IRL I will be working in our vaccine clinics for the next 2 Saturdays + then the following weekend am scheduled to be on call both Saturday + Sunday
This on top of long mid week days in normal gp surgery
Never ending presumption that GPs are the group to sort every problem
#burnout

[illona duffy @illonaduffy]

So another layer of bureaucracy for the approval to work in vaccine clinics!
Who thought up this?
I'm a GP, not an occupational physician + not a fortune teller.
@paulreiddublin why and how you think I should be assessing this patient?
Also why my + their time is to be wasted?

[Michael Norton @drmnorton]

One of those times when I wish I had been carrying a camera rather than a phone...

[illona duffy @illonaduffy]

@OisinO_Connell @WalleyRay The only truly functioning IT system in the Irish healthcare system is self funded by GPs
HSE benefit from this private investment + yet never acknowledge GPs forward thinking.
We can now e-refer, e-prescribe, e-certify + receive hospital reports by email
#GPsarethebees 🐝

[Irish College of GPs @ICGPnews]

Letter in today's @IrishTimes from our Assistant Medical Director Dr Brian Osborne about the urgent need to re-open schools. GPs seeing detrimental impact at first hand.

[Lahinch Golf Club @LahinchGolfClub]

Another cold morning on the west coast 🥶⛳️ #lahinch #lahinchgolf @SWINGolfIreland

[Niamh Cahill Duffy @NiamhyCahill]

G’wan the GPs. Still playing a blinder nearly a year on - Irish GPs fighting third-wave Covid: On the front line of the world’s worst outbreak https://t.co/J2iUrpl743

[Irish Examiner @irishexaminer]

New: A TD has contacted South/Southwest Hospital Group after staff in Mallow Hospital were told they would not be receiving the Covid-19 vaccine this weekend
https://t.co/AoU3noabj6 | @aoifegracemoore

[Liam Norton @drliamnorton]

@DrJohnDuddy John. Is the Framework Agreement under which these negotiations took place an Agreement designed to negotiate on behalf of ALL GPs or is it a Gov Agreement exclusively for IMO GP members ? I suspect there are many ordinary GPs out there like myself who are unclear on this point

[Conor McGrane @ConorTMcGrane]

For any GP's looking for work in Ireland over 120 vacancies advertised here, both short and long term https://t.co/ps81XzqBDb @GPBuddy @IMO_IRL

[𝔻𝕣 𝕄𝕚𝕜𝕖 𝕋𝕙𝕠𝕞𝕡𝕤𝕠𝕟 @Eastcorkclinsoc]

@drvkeating @CorkNutrition @gpbuddy @amymorgangp @susanmsmith Showed this re GMS payments to my med student on placement.

"Wow, that's good!", he said, " That's more than you charge a private patient!".

"No, that's the ANNUAL fee we receive from HSE for 24/7 365 care" I replied.
"Oh, and I PAY €5000 a year to do on call".

Him:
Me:
Him:

[Nuala O Connor @DrNuala]

It is so frustrating the lack of understanding of the ISOLATE part of Test Trace Isolate. Recurring lockdowns will be our only option until the guidance to isolate / restrict movements is uniformly followed @ICGPnews @rtenews @NewstalkFM @Corks96FM

[William Lynch @drwilliamlynch]

Gov needs to support General Practice 🇮🇪 now!
What do we need to avoid collapse? GPs, nurses, HCAs, admin, IT, facility supports etc and improved/new T&Cs etc
#LastLineofDefence
#ResiurceGP @roinnslainte @DonnellyStephen @IMO_IRL @FineGael @fiannafailparty @SouthEastRadio

[John McCormack @macuimhirado]

.@CMOIreland Thank you. Us GPs are feeling overwhelmed. Seeing you and how hard you work gives us the feeling that we are not in it alone. Mind yourself and your family. Ní neart go chuir le cheile! Togh fir!

[William Lynch @drwilliamlynch]

Contact tracing in crisis. V Poor planning. Maxed-out GP taken for granted again! #GPlastlineofdefence @IMO_IRL @SouthEastRadio https://t.co/ubLvJlpxqA

[William Lynch @drwilliamlynch]

Another late night after a pummelling on the frontline! #WinterReady waiting room still standing!!
Come on ⁦@roinnslainte⁩ let’s bin 🗑 the 1970s’ GMS contract and #ResourceGP services!
⁦@HSELive⁩ ⁦@paulreiddublin⁩ ⁦@DonnellyStephen⁩ ⁦@IMO_IRL⁩

[William Lynch @drwilliamlynch]

#COVID19 test requests keep on coming today!
GP already maxed out!
Give us the resources to retain and recruit GPs and PNs and we’ll deliver, but if GP collapses what next for patients?
#GPthelastlineofdefence @IMO_IRL
#Wexford @SouthEastRadio

[Conor McGrane @ConorTMcGrane]

@MedEdHead @IMO_IRL It would be nice if the media would make it clear that no extra staff are available to take these calls, no extra GP's are available to deal with them. This will cause more delays and difficulties getting through to and seeing GP's for the next 2 weeks at least.