General practice is like calling an Uber, MPs say
A cross-party group says patients are receiving an unacceptably poor service amid a shortage of GPs. …
Rules were relaxed so extra funding could be used to recruit non-GP staff, such as senior nurses – as well as asking pharmacists to take on more work to free up appointments – as the government is struggling to achieve its goal of recruiting an extra 6,000 GPs in this Parliament.