Colm Brophy
Ceist:523. Deputy Colm Brophy asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of increasing supports to GPs in areas of deprivation by 10%. [45916/24]
Amharc ar fhreagraThursday, 7 November 2024
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Freagraí scríofa
The 2019 GP Agreement provides for an annual support grant for GP practices in urban areas of social deprivation. The grant may be used by practices to provide additional health services to patients based on identified patient needs.
The urban social deprivation grant has an annual budget allocation of €2 million. As per the HSE Primary Care Reimbursement Service (PCRS) annual report for 2023, funding provided under the urban social deprivation grant last year amounted to approximately €3.1 million. Accordingly, based on this figure, increasing the funding amount provided to GP practices under the urban social deprivation grant by 10% would cost approximately an additional €310,000 per annum.