A pilot primary care pathway is set to be rolled out at University Hospital Limerick in the coming weeks.
The initiative will operate seven days a week from 12pm to 10pm and will enable non-urgent patients presenting at ED without referral to be seen by a GP.
It comes as new figures reveal that 80,113 patients attended the Emergency Department in Dooradoyle last year.
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Clare member of the HSE’s Regional Health Forum West, Kilkee Fianna Fáil Councillor Cillian Murphy believes that while it’s a positive measure, the focus is in the wrong place.
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