GPs predict longer waiting times - survey Patients will find it more difficult to see a GP in the future as budgets get squeezed, doctors are predicting. A Royal College of General Practitioners poll of 206 UK GPs found that more than 70% were forecasting longer waiting times within two years. Eight in 10 also said they did not have enough resources to provide high-quality care, the survey showed. A Patients Association report this year suggested that people were already having to wait longer. Six in 10 of those polled by the royal college said patients in England were waiting longer than the recommended 48 hours. Primary care, which includes GP services, has been one of the worst hit by the funding squeeze in the health service. Spending has effectively been frozen for the past six years in England, and while there have been rises in funding elsewhere in the UK, they have been smaller compared with those given to other parts of the health service such as hospitals. bbc.co.uk/news/health-23724215
Posted on: Mon, 19 Aug 2013 08:27:25 +0000
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