A North Clare doctor is warning that over a quarter of GPs are now over the age of 60.
It comes as figures obtained by Tipperary Independent TD Mattie McGrath show that 157 GPs currently practicing in the health service will retire by 2021.
Deputy McGrath has also said he’s deeply concerned as this presents what he regards as a “full-scale emergency” in rural GP practice.
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But Lahinch Dr. Michael Kelleher, a member of the IMO’s GP Committee, has been telling Clare Fm’s Fiona Cahill that those figures are only relevant, if you know what age those doctors are likely to retire at.
