42 medical card holders in Donegal waiting six months or more for initial assessment
42 medical card holders in Donegal, out of a national total of 233, have been waiting at least six months for an initial assessment for counselling. A further 1,610 have been waiting between four and six months around the country. New figures, released under the Freedom of Information Act, show…
Donegal GP says medical card payments are to practices, not to individual doctors
The top earning GP practice under the medical card scheme made nearly 1.3 million euro last year. It’s run by Dr Anas Mansour, who has a surgery in north-west Dublin. Four others got over 1 million – and the average payment to over 2,900 practices was 263,000 euro. But Donegal…
Terminally ill now entitled to medical card
The eligibility for medical cards has been extended to include those who are terminally ill. Health Minister Stephen Donnelly announced the decision today after the government backed the move. People who have a terminal illness and have a prognosis of up to 24 months will now be entitled to the…
Renewed calls for medical cards to be issued to patients that receive a cancer diagnosis.
There have been renewed calls for medical cards to be issued to patients that receive a cancer diagnosis. The Department of Health were sharply criticised at yesterday’s monthly meeting of Leitrim County Council for failing to award medical cards to people that are currently receiving treatment for cancer. Manorhamilton…
Medical card to be automatically extended
Those who’s medical card are due to expire during the Covid-19 pandemic will be extended for at least a year. A HSE statement says that this will be done automatically and there is no need for you to make contact with them. Once the pandemic is over, they will write…
A Leitrim Councillor says prescription charges are a tax and should be abolished
A Leitrim Councillor says prescription charges are a tax and people should not be fooled into thinking they are anything else. At present, anyone with a medical card has to pay €2.50 for a prescription with a maximum of €25 per month allocated per person or family. It’s reduced to…