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GP consultations need to be extended from 10 to 15 minutes to give patients more time to discuss their health, family doctors are arguing.
The 10-minute appointment that is usual across the NHS is no longer adequate given the growing number of people who have several long-term illnesses, according to a report from the Royal College of GPs.
However, while longer consultations are needed to ensure proper patient care, they will only be possible if the staffing of GP surgeries increases significantly, the college admits.
“It is abundantly clear that the standard 10-minute appointment is unfit for purpose. It’s increasingly rare for a patient to present with a just single health condition and we cannot deal with this adequately in 10 minutes,” said Prof Helen Stokes-Lampard, the college’s chair.
https://www.theguardian.com/society...0-minute-appointment-with-doctor-is-too-short
The 10-minute appointment that is usual across the NHS is no longer adequate given the growing number of people who have several long-term illnesses, according to a report from the Royal College of GPs.
However, while longer consultations are needed to ensure proper patient care, they will only be possible if the staffing of GP surgeries increases significantly, the college admits.
“It is abundantly clear that the standard 10-minute appointment is unfit for purpose. It’s increasingly rare for a patient to present with a just single health condition and we cannot deal with this adequately in 10 minutes,” said Prof Helen Stokes-Lampard, the college’s chair.
https://www.theguardian.com/society...0-minute-appointment-with-doctor-is-too-short
