BMA offers solution to GP crisis

  The BMA has launched an ‘urgent prescription for general practice’, which aims to provide practices with support at a time of crisis. The initiative aims to expose the challenges of unprecedented patient demand and workload in general practice in England and Wales, and what the Government needs to do to address these issues. It will also provide practical support and advice for practices on how to deal with these challenges. The Urgent Prescription for General Practice was launched this week alongside research that shows 91.9 per cent (2,607 respondents) of GPs in England believe there has been an increase in demand for appointments during the past 12 months. GPC executive team member Beth McCarron said: ‘The Government has to realise that we cannot go on with a crisis situation where sliding quality of care becomes an accepted part of general practice.’   More demand In Wales, the proportion is slightly higher with 96.5 per cent (137 respondents) saying there is ‘more demand’ than a year ago. More than half of respondents in England and Wales report that patient care is deteriorating as a result of these pressures. The BMA GPs committee’s initiative includes: Safe, manageable workload More time with patients Increased practice funding More staff to support GPs Less box ticking. The survey, which had almost 3,000 responses, also found that the West Midlands had the highest level of unmanageable w...
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