GPs at the Edge: GATE, a qualitative investigation into the experience of delivering care in Irish Rural General Practice.

Introduction: Over a third of Irish people live rurally. However, only a fifth of Irish general practices are located in rural communities and longstanding issues such as distance to other health services, professional isolation, and recruitment and retention of rural healthcare professionals (HCPs) threaten rural general practice's sustainability. This ongoing study seeks to understand what it is like to provide care to Ireland's rural and remote populations.

GPs at the Edge: a quantitative description of Irish Rural General Practice.

Introduction: Currently, more than 1.6 million Irish people live rurally. Rural populations in Ireland are older and have more health needs compared with younger urban areas.

A mixed-methods evaluation of an Irish remote model of opioid substitution treatment.

Introduction: Providing health care to rural communities is a challenge, particular for marginalised groups like people who use drugs. The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic further increases these challenges. The use of remote models of care, including telemedicine, help to mitigate the impact of COVID-19 and provide new opportunities to engage existing and new patients in treatment.

Heartwatch: an Irish cardiovascular secondary prevention programme in primary care, a secondary analysis of patient outcomes.

Objectives: To investigate patient follow-up data from Heartwatch: Ireland's secondary prevention programme for cardiovascular disease delivered in general practice.

Design: Retrospective descriptive study based on secondary analysis of routinely collected data from Heartwatch.

Setting: Heartwatch targeted 20% of general practices in Ireland and recruited 475 general practitioners across 325 practices.

A mixed methods study of the awareness and management of familial hypercholesterolaemia in Irish general practice.

Introduction: Familial Hypercholesterolemia (FH) is one of the most common genetic disorders, with an estimated global prevalence of 1:200-500, which leads to premature cardiovascular disease. Nevertheless, public and professional awareness of FH is often lacking, with an estimated 20,000 largely undiagnosed cases in Ireland.

Purpose: The overall aim of the project was to test the feasibility of a model of care that would include electronic record screening, clinical assessment, and coding of possible FH patients across a network of general practices in Ireland.

How COVID-19 has affected general practice consultations and income: general practitioner cross-sectional population survey evidence from Ireland.

Objectives: How general practice is delivered in many countries has drastically changed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This study aimed to answer the question of how general practice has changed in Ireland in response to COVID-19.

Design: The Irish College of General Practitioners surveyed its membership before and after the global pandemic hit Ireland using a cross-sectional online survey instrument.

Scoping review protocol: the use of telemedicine in providing opioid agonist treatment and related psychosocial supports.

Introduction: The global opioid-related disease burden is significant. Opioid agonist treatment (OAT) can be effective in reducing illicit opioid use and fatal overdose, and improving multiple health and social outcomes. Despite evidence for its effectiveness, there are significant deficits in OAT globally.