Unprecedented demand for GPs' services and a shortage of general practitioners is to be looked at more closely by the board in charge of Falkirk Health and Social Care Partnership.
Falkirk Integration Joint Board (IJB) heard that demand for GP care is outstripping the capacity to deliver it, both locally and nationally, despite efforts to support GPs with other health professionals such as pharmacists and physiotherapists.
Falkirk IJB took on responsibility for the coordination of Forth Valley-wide primary care services in January, although GPs remain independent contractors and are not directly employed by the NHS.
