GPs now only have “two to three minutes” to deal with each health issue, MPs have been told.
The Royal College of GPs has given evidence in Parliament how chronic staffing shortages are worsening workloads treating an ageing population.
Chair Prof Martin Marshall told the Health and Social Care committee: “The kind of problems that we’re seeing in general practice, as well as medical advances, are far more complex than they were when I started my career.
