GPs threaten legal action on under-6s contract

l Letter warns any attempt to ‘unilaterally alter’ medical card contracts will end in High Court. But Department of Health says free GP scheme will override all existing agreements for age group

The National Association of General Practitioners (NAGP) has threatened Minister for Health Leo Varadkar with High Court proceedings over the new under-sixes contract.

In a letter to Varadkar, the legal firm representing the NAGP warned that any attempt to “seek to unilaterally ...