'Public health emergency' declared as one in six GPs was asked to refer a patient to food banks in the last year

'Public health emergency' declared as one in six GPs was asked to refer a patient to food banks in the last year

One in six family doctors has been asked to refer a patient to a food bank in the past year, a new survey has found, with GPs reporting that benefits delays are leaving people without money for food for weeks on end. The Independent