GPs warn pre-dawn queues at practice reflect widespread pressure on doctors

GPs warn pre-dawn queues at practice reflect widespread pressure on doctors Regulator signals concerns and locals complain of routine queues at Sunbury practice as patients rise from 6,000 to 23,000

GPs’ leaders have warned that problems at a Surrey practice where patients have been forced to queue before dawn to get an appointment are indicative of the strain on services due to lack of investment and rising demand.

A photograph published in the Daily Mail on Tuesday showed people lined up outside Sunbury Health Centre in the dark to get a same-day appointment, raising concerns about pressure on GP services, when they are being asked to relieve pressure on A&E departments. Continue reading... The Guardian

See also:

• The queue that shames Britain: 7.11am and desperate patients wait in the cold and dark outside surgery - just so they can be seen by their GP The Daily Mail