All but 'urgent' patients turned away as pressure overwhelms GPs GPs are being forced to deny patients routine appointments and only accept “urgent” cases due to mounting pressure on practices, according to new research.
A survey of nearly 800 family doctors found more than one in six had been forced to turn away non-urgent patients over the past 12 months.
Some said that at times they had no available slots for more than four weeks and were using telephone triage to identify those who require consultation for an urgent matter. The Daily Telegraph
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