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Patients will have to wait for at least a week to see their doctor a record 67 million times this year, family GPs are warning. The Royal College of General Practitioners estimates the number will be significantly up on last year’s total of 62.4 million.
The college blames a shortage of GPs at the same time as patient demand for consultations has been rising due to the ageing and growing population.
An RCGP analysis of NHS England’s recent GP Patient Survey concludes that 2015 will see the fourth successive sharp year-on-year rise in delays. It calculates that patients will seek 370 million GP appointments this year, about 150,000 a day more than in 2010, and that population growth and the ongoing rise in the number of people with long-term conditions will see that continue to rise.
http://www.theguardian.com/society/2015/feb/07/nhs-patients-wait-doctor-gp-shortage
The college blames a shortage of GPs at the same time as patient demand for consultations has been rising due to the ageing and growing population.
An RCGP analysis of NHS England’s recent GP Patient Survey concludes that 2015 will see the fourth successive sharp year-on-year rise in delays. It calculates that patients will seek 370 million GP appointments this year, about 150,000 a day more than in 2010, and that population growth and the ongoing rise in the number of people with long-term conditions will see that continue to rise.
http://www.theguardian.com/society/2015/feb/07/nhs-patients-wait-doctor-gp-shortage