The 2nd National Primary Care Conference took place in MPHC on Wednesday 14th November 2012 with an attendance of 300 delegates all of whom were interested in primary care. The official opening was performed by Mayor of Mallow Cllr Noel O’Connor in front of an audience of 250 people. The delegates were then welcomed by Dr David Molony a GP in MPHC before Minister for Health Dr James Reilly TD addressed the conference where he outlined the value of the theme of the conference ‘Affordable Quality “Primary Care, Centre Stage: Better outcomes with scarce resources”