Contracts being reviewed says Chief Exec
The health department has admitted there are 'pressures' facing GPs on the Island, but insists it's working to avoid a recruitment crisis.
DHSC Chief Executive Malcolm Couch was responding to comments made by the Royal Society of General Practitioners this week.
Professor Helen Stokes-Lampard suggested morale among Manx GPs is low, citing growing patient lists and funding shortages.
Local doctors are currently employed by government on a contractual basis, of which the DHSC says it's reviewing the terms.
Dr Couch says demands put on GPs are nothing new, but acknowledged the Society's concerns:
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