2023 holds no solution for overworked GPs according to a local Doctor.
Longford GP Paul Trueick has warned that significant population growth in the last 10 years means there are simply not enough doctors to meet the needs of the public.
This is resulting in long waiting times to see a GP and difficulty for many in securing a regular Doctor.
The local medic believes a current lack of doctors, nurses and hospital beds means 2023 will suffer many of the same problems faced this year:
Our population has increase and in Longford alone, it has gone up almost 23 percent in the last 10 years.
We Don't really have anymore Doctors and people are finding it very hard to get doctors.
There's long waiting lists and some people my be waiting 2 weeks to see doctors which is kinda crazy at primary care level.
But I can't see it changing much, I think we are going to be into the same thing in 2023.
We just don't have enough Doctors, enough Nurses or enough Hospital Beds
