Plans are underway to close 13 of the 18 GP practices in Fermanagh, Northern Ireland, leaving patients having to travel ’30 to 40 miles’ to see their GP, the GPC has warned.
The proposals are under development with two practices already having closed recently, and four more closing in the next few months.
This is worse than had been previously feared, when it was reported that a third of the practices in the county would close, due to the retirement of potentially a third of the 66 GPs in the rural region.
With no GPs available to fill the slots, it has been predicted that three-quarters of Fermanagh’s practices will close within five years.
Full Story in Pulse, 6 December 2016