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Almost one million patients a year are seeking care at an A&E unit because they are unable to get a GP appointment, an analysis of NHS research has found.
The findings have prompted fresh concern that poor access to family doctors is a key factor behind the serious difficulties emergency departments are facing in coping with a continuing rise in arrivals.
The findings were released as a report showed that the proportion of total NHS spending committed to GPs, walk-in centres, optometrists and dentists fell from 29% to 23% between 2003-4 and 2012-13.
http://www.theguardian.com/society/...ments-ae-units-hospitals-emergencies-patients
The findings have prompted fresh concern that poor access to family doctors is a key factor behind the serious difficulties emergency departments are facing in coping with a continuing rise in arrivals.
The findings were released as a report showed that the proportion of total NHS spending committed to GPs, walk-in centres, optometrists and dentists fell from 29% to 23% between 2003-4 and 2012-13.
http://www.theguardian.com/society/...ments-ae-units-hospitals-emergencies-patients