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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Storm Newton

GPs say practices are ‘not an unlimited resource to be abused’

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GP practices are not “an unlimited resource to be abused” in the Government’s bid to tackle secondary care waiting lists, with practitioners also telling a new poll that “patients do not value the service”.

It comes after a survey of 408 GPs for Pulse magazine found 30% had to stop taking bookings for routine appointments between June 2022 and June 2023.

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