Six GP practices in County Armagh raise concerns about the impact of the potential closure of a neighbouring doctor's surgery in Mullaghbawn.
Six GP surgeries in County Armagh have written to the Department of Health about concern over the risk of closure of the Mullaghbawn practice.Neighbouring surgeries have said they are already close to breaking point and would struggle to take more patients.Dr Ruadhri Quinn, a GP in nearby Newtownhamilton, works at one of the six surgeries that have written the letter.
"If the current proposals were to come into play my own practice could possibly see an extra 1,000 patients," he told BBC News NI. "[We would have to take that on] without any extra admin support, without people on the ground to manage this situation. "The other practices would be feeling exactly the same way - this would leave patient services at risk."Image source,Dr Ruadhri Quinn, a GP in Newtownhamilton, said if the current proposals went ahead his practice could end up with an extra 1,000 patientsSome 14 GP practices in Northern Ireland have made a decision to hand their contract back to the department in the past year.
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