Up to 16million patients could lose their GP in next decade

Up to 16million patients could lose their GP in next decade Sixteen million Britons could be left without a GP within a decade without 'huge investment', doctors argued today.

Doctors' Association UK (DAUK) warned physicians would 'either quit the NHS, the profession or the country unless the new Health Secretary stops the rot'.

Writing in a letter to Therese Coffey, the group added the postcode lottery seen in dentistry 'could soon be replicated across general practice'. The Daily Mail

See also:

• ‘This job is making us ill’: GPs from DAUK call for reform Doctors' Association UK
• One in four people could be left without a GP within a decade, doctors claim The Daily Telegraph
• There is no end point to the work of a GP – it is an almost impossible job to do well | Zara Aziz The Guardian
• Two-thirds of trainee GPs in England plan to work part-time, study finds The Guardian