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Many many folks have not been able to see their GP`s . This article stresses the problems that seem to increase
GPs in England are finding it "increasingly hard to guarantee safe care" as the number of doctors falls and demand surges, a senior medic said.
Prof Martin Marshall, chair of the Royal College of GPs, told the Guardian GP numbers had fallen by 4.5% despite an ageing population with an increased need for care.
GPs feared making serious mistakes due to excessive workloads, he said.
Prof Marshall also defended the continued use of remote consultations.
In 2015, the government promised to hire 5,000 extra GPs within five years, but instead the Royal College of GPs says between September 2020 and March 2021 numbers fell by 1,307 to 28,096.
At the 2019 election, then Health Secretary Matt Hancock admitted they had failed to meet the recruitment target, as the Conservatives made a fresh promise to recruit 6,000 more GPs by 2025.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-58524559
Lack of face to face contact is a real problem
Health Service Journal reported that one coroner had raised remote consultations as a risk during the inquests into five separate deaths
just a few weeks back the Dr diagnosed a friend over the phone with muscle strain and saw the physio , the next day we got him into A&e and it was a severe infection that nearly led to sepsis and death . requiring many weeks of IV antibiotics , i can quite see how many have died
problem is Ambitious medical staff just dont want to go into GP frontline survices ... how do we sort this ?
GPs in England are finding it "increasingly hard to guarantee safe care" as the number of doctors falls and demand surges, a senior medic said.
Prof Martin Marshall, chair of the Royal College of GPs, told the Guardian GP numbers had fallen by 4.5% despite an ageing population with an increased need for care.
GPs feared making serious mistakes due to excessive workloads, he said.
Prof Marshall also defended the continued use of remote consultations.
In 2015, the government promised to hire 5,000 extra GPs within five years, but instead the Royal College of GPs says between September 2020 and March 2021 numbers fell by 1,307 to 28,096.
At the 2019 election, then Health Secretary Matt Hancock admitted they had failed to meet the recruitment target, as the Conservatives made a fresh promise to recruit 6,000 more GPs by 2025.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-58524559
Lack of face to face contact is a real problem
Health Service Journal reported that one coroner had raised remote consultations as a risk during the inquests into five separate deaths
just a few weeks back the Dr diagnosed a friend over the phone with muscle strain and saw the physio , the next day we got him into A&e and it was a severe infection that nearly led to sepsis and death . requiring many weeks of IV antibiotics , i can quite see how many have died
problem is Ambitious medical staff just dont want to go into GP frontline survices ... how do we sort this ?