Laois GPs can send patients to private hospitals for x-rays and range of other tests under a new deal
Laois GPs can send patients to private hospitals for x-rays and range of other tests under a new deal Reporter: '); '); Family doctors in Laois and other counties will soon be able to bypass local hospitals and refer patients for x-rays, MRI and CT scans and other diagnostics to private providers, under a deal announced by the Minister for Health, Stephen Donnelly. Under deal the HSE is to make available to GPs increased direct access to diagnostic services from this week. A statement said that the initiative would give GPs across the country the ability to access an additional 94,000 dia...