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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
National
Dave Burke & Ryan Merrifield

Strep A: Patients with sore throats can see GP on SAME DAY as infection sweeps UK

Patients with sore throats have been told they can get GP appointments on the same day as Strep A sweeps the UK.

Seven children in England have died amid the current outbreak, as well as one in Wales and another in Northern Ireland.

In a text, Priory Gardens Surgery, in Dunstable, Bedfordshire, has told patients who have symptoms of the potentially fatal bacterial infection they will be fast-tracked.

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