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GP waiting times set to ‘rocket’
A new study has found that soaring demand will mean the average waiting time for patients to see their doctors will ‘rocket’ in the coming years.
The survey of 830 GPs found that waiting times for a routine appointment is approximately 13 days, which is up from 10 days in 2015. With GPs predicted to have to spend four hours a week longer seeing patients by 2022 just to keep pace with demand, British medics predict times could get worse.
Chaand Nagpaul, BMA GPs committee chair, said: “Unless the government takes decisive action, waits to see a GP will rocket to several weeks in the coming years as patient demand continues to rise, and will seriously compromise patient care. The government needs to urgently stem inappropriate demands on general practice when it has determined that one in four GP appointments are avoidable.”
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