In a survey of nearly 2,700 GPs, a quarter said their practice was at risk of closing, with nine in ten blaming unmanageable workloads, rising demand and staff leaving the sector.
The report makes several recommendations to the government, including cutting red tape and"unnecessary box ticking" so GPs can"focus on patient care", introducing better help for GPs to deal with surges in demand and measures to retain more staff.
"We are seeing more patients than we've ever seen before, we are really busy and getting busier," Professor Hawthorne added. "And yet we have fewer doctors because GPs are leaving the profession due to the intolerable workload and workforce crisis that we're under. "So we've now got 843 fewer full-time equivalent GPs since 2019, and the numbers are going down and down and down. That's all extremely worrying."The report's authors concluded:"Unless significant action is taken in the short-medium term, pressures will continue to intensify for those still in practice, creating a vicious cycle whereby increasing numbers of GPs continue to leave the workforce due to insurmountable pressures.
"Urgent action is needed to break this cycle, supporting today's GPs to stay in practice while we continue to train tomorrow's GPs."A Department of Health and Social Care spokesperson said:"There are 400 more doctors in general practice compared to a year ago and we are delivering almost 120,000 extra appointments every day."
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