A Monaghan doctor's warning that GP and out-of-hour practices are on the brink of collapse this winter.
Illona Duffy says many colleagues are suffering burnout due to the heavy workload from providing covid and non-covid care.
It comes after a week in which the collapse of the HSE's contact tracing system left many GPs having to trace for close contacts of positive cases.
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Four deaths and 859 new cases of the virus were reported yesterday - it's the second day the number of cases has dropped below 1,000.
Dr Duffy says the high workload facing GPs is a huge concern:
