09
Oct 2018
A government review claims GP appointments need to be longer than ten minutes, so that consultations are not crammed into each day and patients’ illnesses have time to be properly dealt with. The UK ten minute consultation length is thought to be amongst the shortest in the developed world. Lead of the review, Dr Nigel…
08
Feb 2017
Health leaders are warning that the length of NHS GP consultations are ‘crazy’ and are threatening patient care. The current average GP consultation length in the UK is ten minutes, which is the shortest in the developed world. There are currently 44 plans in England to reduce hospital care and push health services into the…
08
Apr 2016
A study by the Lancet medical journal, based on analysis of over 100 million GP and nurse consultations, has indicated that GP workloads have reached “unsustainable” levels and that general practice is nearing “saturation point”. GPs are dealing with longer and more frequent consultations and workloads have increased by 16 per cent over the last…
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