Closure of 24 hour Ennis A and E having Little Impact on GPs

The consultant surgeon charged with heading up the reconfiguration of health services in the Mid West says the removal of 24 hour emergency care at Ennis General has had little impact on "out of hours" GP services.

Paul Burke also reiterated that the ending of round the clock A&E cover and the direct transfer of critical patients to Limerick aren’t part of a plan to close Clare’s County Hospital.

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The consultant surgeon charged with heading up the reconfiguration of health services in the Mid West says the removal of 24 hour emergency care at Ennis General has had little impact on "out of hours" GP services.

Paul Burke also reiterated that the ending of round the clock A&E cover and the direct transfer of critical patients to Limerick aren’t part of a plan to close Clare’s County Hospital.

The centralisation of acute services in the Mid West has been described as a "dangerous and irresponsible" policy by Clare GPS .

However Paul Burke who was speaking at the launch of the HSE’s annual report says there have been very little problems with the changeover so far