Thread by @susanmsmith

1. Pity that the @rtenews focus on the @IMO_IRL deal on FEMPI restoration is on extension of the GMS to 6-12 when that is not actually agreed, just an agreement to negotiate. Misses really key positive elements

2. €2 million funding for GPs working in high deprivation areas like @deepend_ireland A major step for the health service in recognising the need to address #healthinequalities deepend.ie

3. GP support to implement an Individual Health Identifier. Needed to unlock the potential of data for research that can drive improved patient care @hrbireland @astaines

4. HSE to pay further development costs for E-prescribing and E-referrals. Can reduce medication error and improve information transfer at the primary secondary care interface particularly supporting safer prescribing @MedMgmtProg @ciarakirke

5. Support for summary care records that will improve transfer of health information across sectors giving patients central role in managing their own healthcare information @HRBPrimaryCare @PPI_NUIG @IPPOSI

6. Pharmacist supports - HSE employed pharmacists to support prescribing for complex #polypharmacy and #multimorbidity for over 75s building on interventions from @HRBPrimaryCare @pmrycaretrials1 like #GPP and #SPPiRE ensuring GPs retain clinical governance @IIOPharmacy

7. Improved supports for parental leave. Important for recruitment and retention #SaveGP @ICGPnews

8 Hope we can focus on elements of the @IMO_IRL Deal that need to be delivered to support GP capacity before we extend 'free at the point of delivery' care @FergalBowers @paulcullenit @rtenews

@MarianRTE has just opened with the one element of the deal that will fuel fear amongst GPs worried about capacity to expand services when there is so much more in it to support existing general practice