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GP surgeries face a "catastrophic meltdown" because of changes to the way NHS money is allocated, leading family doctors have warned.
The Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP) told The Times it has been inundated with calls from surgeries struggling to pay their bills since changes to funding were introduced in April.
It claims 98 GP practices across the UK are at risk of imminent closure and called on the Government for an emergency £15 million bailout.
As well as leaving 700,000 patients without a family doctor, the knock-on effect would also cause delays for millions of patients at other surgeries, it warned.
http://www.thestar.co.uk/news/national/gp-surgeries-facing-meltdown-1-6589952
The Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP) told The Times it has been inundated with calls from surgeries struggling to pay their bills since changes to funding were introduced in April.
It claims 98 GP practices across the UK are at risk of imminent closure and called on the Government for an emergency £15 million bailout.
As well as leaving 700,000 patients without a family doctor, the knock-on effect would also cause delays for millions of patients at other surgeries, it warned.
http://www.thestar.co.uk/news/national/gp-surgeries-facing-meltdown-1-6589952
