“The latest update I have from the Department is that we are on track for 17 of the 19 [maternity hospitals] to provide those services by the end of this year, and for the remaining two next year,” he said.
Labour leader Ivana Bacik said GPs from rural areas in particular had reported that they, their frontline staff, administrators, receptionists, and patients may be subject to abuse and intimidation. Sinn Féin’s health spokesman David Cullinane said the Government had been “slow” in bringing forward the legislation.
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