Castletownbere Southdoc
Dear all,
It was with great disappointment that I read in the Southern Star that my patients will have no local cover. Since I became aware of this issue, I have advised Southdoc to contact me should any of my patients be unable to travel to the center in Bantry. While the majority will still have to travel, I wont leave anyone in trouble.
This is obviously a very difficult situation for all involved, but I have since been reassured that every effort is being made to attract a locum doctor to this area. Unfortunately one cannot produce a highly qualified physician out of a hat, and working in a city has a much less onerous workload.This ongoing dependence on foreign locums to run the after hours services is problematic at best and clearly unsustainable.
While communication to me on this issue has been VERY poor, I will update you all when I have more information.
Sincerely
Dr Jacqui Glisson
It was with great disappointment that I read in the Southern Star that my patients will have no local cover. Since I became aware of this issue, I have advised Southdoc to contact me should any of my patients be unable to travel to the center in Bantry. While the majority will still have to travel, I wont leave anyone in trouble.
This is obviously a very difficult situation for all involved, but I have since been reassured that every effort is being made to attract a locum doctor to this area. Unfortunately one cannot produce a highly qualified physician out of a hat, and working in a city has a much less onerous workload.This ongoing dependence on foreign locums to run the after hours services is problematic at best and clearly unsustainable.
While communication to me on this issue has been VERY poor, I will update you all when I have more information.
Sincerely
Dr Jacqui Glisson