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@MartinRCGP @rcgp 2/9 See our press release and action plan here: rcgp.org.uk/about-us/news/… - GPs and their teams have played a pivotal role throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, but even before the pandemic, GPs were under immense workload and workforce pressures.
@MartinRCGP @rcgp 3/9 We simply do not have enough GPs to meet the needs of a growing and ageing population, with increasingly complex conditions, on top of managing the fallout and backlog from the pandemic. If general practice collapses, the rest of the NHS will follow.
@MartinRCGP @rcgp 4/9 GP consultation rates were 11% higher in June 2021 than in June 2019 while the number of fully qualified GPs in England has fallen as the population grows - the number of full-time equivalent GPs fell by 1,307 (4.5%) between September 2015 and March 2021.
