New research reveals 46 doctors self-report working as GPs in county Longford
Medical Workforce Intelligence Report 2025 includes figures and research on doctors who retained their place on the Medical Council’s Register and were clinically active in Ireland.
A total of 46 doctors self-report working as GPs in county Longford, according to new research from the Medical Council.
Health Minister Jennifer Carroll MacNeill launched new research on the medical workforce in Ireland in 2025, via the publication of its Medical Workforce Intelligence Report 2025 and supplementary report.
The report looked at doctors who retained their place on the Medical Council’s Register and were clinically active in Ireland.
Doctors clinically active abroad only and doctors not clinically active in 2025 (Supplementary workforce report – doctors who retained their place on the Register but reported not practising medicine in Ireland during the year)
The Medical Workforce Intelligence Report 2025 analyses the clinically active medical workforce in Ireland, based on responses from doctors who renewed their registration on the Medical Register in 2025.
It provides quantitative analysis of demographics and divisional status, and details on employment, practice, medical disciplines and specialities.
Doctors were also asked about hours spent in direct patient care, barriers to patient safety, and future career plans.
In 2025, there were 5,017 GPs throughout Ireland, an increase of 5.3% from the 2024 figure.
The research reveals that there are 46 GPs working in county Longford, which accounts for 0.9% of all GPs in the country.
The research also reveals a growing and diversifying workforce.
In 2025, there were 22,257 clinically active doctors practising medicine in Ireland, representing 75.6% of doctors who retained their place on the Medical Council Register, showing that the overall size of the Register does not directly reflect the number of doctors working on the ground.
The proportion of clinically active female doctors rose to 47.6%, representing a slight but steady increase in recent years (47.2% in 2024, 47.0% in 2023).
The mean age of doctors was 43.6 years, with approximately one in five (20.1%) aged 55 or older and approaching typical retirement age. The gender split was almost even across all age groups except the 55 or older cohort, where 66.0% were male.
49.9% of clinically active doctors were registered on the Specialist Division, and 31.6% on the General Division.
There were 5,017 doctors self-reporting as General Practitioners, with GP numbers up 5.3% on the previous year. 78.9% of GPs were on the Specialist Division, and 19.3% on the General Division.