Thousands of hospital doctors to be drafted into GP surgeries under new NHS plans

Thousands of hospital doctors to be drafted into GP surgeries under new NHS plans Thousands of hospital doctors could be recruited to work in GP surgeries to solve the appointments crisis.

The drastic proposal, yet to be confirmed, would see specialty and specialist (SAS) medics drafted into practices across the country.

Such doctors have not undergone the highest level of training, and don't reach the level of consultant. The Daily Mail

See also:

• GPC UK draft position on ‘SAS doctors in primary care’ BMA General Practice Committee
• SAS Doctors working in primary care Royal College of General Practitioners
• Supporting SAS doctors to fulfil their potential Royal College of Physicians
• Primary care role for SAS doctors 'not viable', BMA paper warns GPonline
• SAS doctors in general practice ‘risk exploitation’, says BMA Pulse
• NHS England planning pilots of SAS doctors in general practice in ‘abuse’ of rules Pulse