City, then one of the good things to do is to close that one, you merge it into this bigger one, you dont need as much Administration Costs and you save money for the taxpayer. You asked doctors to move and you ask some of those patients to walk 15 minutes to get there. Upside, you save money, then said it becomes more of a factory and therefore a lot of doctors and gps say i dont like this. And it might be longer than 15 minutes, especially if you are old and it is difficult to see at what point is this good for us and what point is it not. Tony blair changed the relationship between the nhs and you, fundamentally paid a lot more money and then worked in a harder. A lot are working incredibly ha rd harder. A lot are working incredibly hard but quite a few but like the screws being twisted. If you think about it, a lot of figures on this story, lets go through one north two. 57 gp surgeries shut last year. Doesnt sound like much but it affects a quarter of a million patients because th
the way gps work has undergone radical change in the last 18 months. face to face appointments like this used to be the norm, but covid has led to a big shift towards phone or online consultations. a move that dr hunter recognises is not popular with every patient. and i do understand that as a patient that that is very hard. the ability to consult in ways other than face to face increases the capacity within the system. the number of gts gps has fallen in recent years. the strain caused by the pandemic that my oldest shows that the pressure on gps shows no sign of easing. they are having to adapt to new ways of working.
the winter coronavirus lockdown. many have demanded more in person appointments. 0ur health correspondent has more. we appointments. our health correspondent has more. we are workin: correspondent has more. we are working at correspondent has more. we are working at 100mph, correspondent has more. we are working at 100mph, that - correspondent has more. we are working at 100mph, that is - correspondent has more. we are working at 100mph, that is howl correspondent has more. we are| working at 100mph, that is how it feels. i ve probably triaged more than a0 patients in addition to the other work, and it s that mental and it s dealing with huge and burdens of responsibility. unrelenting pressure, crucial decisions. have you had any chest pain? dr anna hunter has allowed us to capture the reality of her life as a busy gp. we re on a knife edge. we re absolutely on a knife edge. we are just about keeping our head above water in this practice. the number of patients we re seeing is just
unrelenting pressure, crucial decisions. have you had any chest pain? dr anna hunter has allowed us to capture the reality of her life as a busy gp. we are on a knife edge. we are absolutely on a knife edge. we are just about keeping our head above water in this practice. the number of patients we are seeing is just well in excess of anything i have ever known in my career. that is a really good boy. the way gps work has undergone radical change in the last 18 months. face to face appointments like this used to be the norm, but covid has led to a big shift towards phone or online consultations a move that dr hunter recognises is not popular with every patient. and i do understand that, as a patient, that that s very hard. the ability to consult in ways other than face to face increases the capacity within the system. and do you know what?