NHS set to boost GP workforce ahead of winter Thousands more staff will be recruited to new roles in General Practice, so family doctors’ time can be freed up to see more patients during winter, the NHS has announced today.
More than one thousand GP assistants will be recruited to practices from this month to offer more admin support with the roles already proven to reduce the time GPs spend on tasks such as writing letters by more than two-fifths.
GP assistants will be trained to do blood pressure checks, heart rate and blood tests as well as arranging appointments, referrals and follow-up care for patients. NHS England
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- NHS will hire 1,000 recruits to carry out basic checks and give jabs to tackle appointments backlog The Daily Mail
- GP assistants are no solution to the workforce crisis in general practice, warns RCGP GPonline
- Podcast: Surge in GP vacancies, a plan for GP retention and how summer demand matched a pre-pandemic winter GPonline
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