Kilrush Councillor Calls On HSE To Exhaust All Efforts To Save Vital GP Service

The HSE is being called upon to urgently prioritise the recruitment of a GP for a Kilrush facility that is understood to be facing imminent closure. It comes amid growing uncertainty in the West Clare town that one of its practices, in which the resident doctor has been on sick leave for an extended period is set to cease operations. The development would leave the region with just two practices and three doctors, as well as the out of hours weekend service at Shannon Doc to serve a population of 2,649 people. Cathaoirleach of the West Clare Municipal District and Kilrush Independent Councillor Ian Lynch has been telling Clare FM's Daragh Dolan that he believes other services in the town will not be able to facilitate patient appointments if the practice shuts.