Government accused of abusing GP practices to tackle secondary care waiting lists

GP PRACTICES are not “an unlimited resource to be abused” in the government’s bid to tackle secondary care waiting lists, practitioners say.
The warning comes after a survey of 408 GPs for Pulse magazine found 30 per cent had to stop taking bookings for routine appointments between June 2022 and June 2023.
Doctors told Pulse this was down to staff shortages and rising demand in general practice.
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