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The Independent UK
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GPs carry out record amount of appointments while family doctor numbers drop

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GPs carried out record numbers of appointments in England in October with the highest proportion of patients being seen face to face since the start of the pandemic, new figures show,

Data from NHS Digital shows that 32.0 million appointments were carried out that month, the highest number in records going back to November 2017.

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