Patient satisfaction with GP services in England has collapsed, research finds - Your Harlow

Patient satisfaction with GP services in England has collapsed, research finds - Your Harlow

PATIENTS’ satisfaction with GP services has collapsed in recent years as family doctors have switched to providing far fewer face-to-face appointments, new research has revealed reports The Guardian. The proportion of patients seeing a GP in person has plummeted from more than four-fifths (80.7%) in 2019 to just under two-thirds (66.2%) last year. Telephone appointments have almost doubled over the same period from 13.4% to 25.4%. Those undertak…

Define GP core services or risk unfunded work transfer from hospitals, LMCs to warn

GPs need a clear definition of 'core' services to prevent unfunded work being dumped on practices as the government moves healthcare out of hospitals, GP leaders will warn next month.