According to new data analysis, the number of patients per GP has risen sharply in the UK amid worsening staff shortages. Despite local practices forming the beating heart of the NHS, GPs are leaving surgeries faster than they're employing them.
At Horfield Health Centre in Bristol, the team are only just keeping their heads above water - as while they don't have a shortage of GPs at the moment, the 17 they do have are struggling immensely to meet the skyrocketing demands.
Peter Maynard, executive partner of Horfield, said "the pressure of the job is worryingly high" and "demands are off the scale" as they run out of face-to-face and phone appointments within minutes most days, despite leading new efforts to work as efficiently as possible.
