A GP practice in Dublin’s north inner city with more than 2,500 patients has said it is facing closure, despite assurance by the Government during the General Election that their issues would be “sorted”.
The charity GP Care For All opened in Summerhill in 2015 to cater for the large number of medical card holders in one of the most deprived and diverse parts of the capital.
The service says that as it operates as a charity, it is being taxed on the double, making the business unsustainable.
Dr Bríd Shanahan said the issue relating to the tax status is complicated but it has become a distraction and a source of anxiety for her and her colleagues and if it is not resolved by June they will have to close…