Apr 22, 2021 | Blog, College News
We recognise that we cannot have healthy patients, healthy doctors, healthy nurses or healthy GP Trainees when we have an unhealthy planet. In May 2019, Ireland became the second country on the planet to declare a climate emergency. That same month, the ICGP...
Apr 12, 2021 | Blog, The President's Blog
Over the years it has often been said to me: “I don’t know how you do it – day in day out listening to tales of pain and suffering and complaining; I could not stick it even for one day”. Yes. as GPs there is no doubt we encounter stories of pain and suffering,...
Mar 2, 2021 | Blog, The President's Blog
She sat on the edge of the couch, legs not quite reaching the floor. I had just administered the first dose of her COVID-19 vaccine. “Is that it?” she said. “Is that what all the fuss is about?”. Having assured her that she had indeed received her injection, I then...
Feb 4, 2021 | Blog, The President's Blog
“But I suggest if you are having these feelings, then tell someone, especially if the pandemic has left you struggling with your head junk for the first time. Starting with a GP. More GPs have saved my life than paramedics, because thankfully the former has put me on...
