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Wed 09 Sep 2009Irish GPs paid five times UK rate for flu vaccine
FAMILY DOCTORS in the Republic are being paid almost five times more to administer the seasonal flu vaccine to patients than their counterparts in the UK.
Minister for Health Mary Harney drew attention to the price differential yesterday at a conference in Dublin, pointing out that GPs here get paid €38.95 to administer the seasonal flu vaccine to patients. In the UK GPs get paid £7.51 (€8.30) for doing the same job.
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