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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Storm Newton

Poll suggests 41% of GP practices are limiting appointments

Patients in the waiting room at the Temple Fortune Health Centre GP Practice near Golders Green, London (Anthony Devlin/PA) - (PA Archive)

More than two-fifths of England’s GP practices are limiting appointments, a survey suggests.

A poll by The Pulse magazine found 41% of 660 practices are limiting patient contacts to 25 per GP a day, which comes after family doctors voted overwhelmingly for collective action in the summer.

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