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conditions as appropriate, in consultation with GPs delivering the service; — develop a structured women's health programme for general practice, which deals with contraception, screening of STIs, fertility, pre-conception, endometriosis and menopause; and — develop a national GP data framework to provide for integration with future eHealth systems

provided for increased payments to GPs, new supports for practices and new services for GMS patients. Other GP services, such as the free contraception scheme, have also been established for patients regardless of GMS eligibility. The number of new entrants to GP training places is to increase

cards for all children under eight and to all earning no more than the median income; State-funded in vitro fertilisation, IVF; free contraception for women aged 17 to 35; and free access to hormone replacement therapies, HRT. The Government will continue to invest in reform, changing

know we have a shameful history in this country on women’s healthcare. The legacy of the draconian eighth amendment, the bans on contraception and the barbaric practice of symphysiotomy all cast a shadow over our recent memories. The fight for better healthcare is not over for women

account of her postnatal care: At my 6 week post natal check, the consultant who had delivered my baby asked me only about contraception. There were no questions about my mental health, my emotional state, or how I was coping. I left that appointment feeling invisible and unheard