Tuesday, 26 July 2016

Week-long waiting times to see a GP could rise sharply

Week-long waiting times to see a GP could rise sharply Numbers of patients who will have to wait more than one week to see their GP could rise by 40% over the next few years if the government fails to implement its promises to increase support for general practice, claims the RCGP.

The college released details of its analysis at the weekend which concluded that the number of occasions when patients will have to wait longer than a week to see their GP could increase from the 69 million occasions it happened in 2015-16 to 98 million in 2020-21.

The analysis was carried out into NHS England’s GP Patient survey published earlier this month. OnMedica

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