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SIR – If the latest poll comes as a surprise to Conservative MPs (“Tories facing 1997-style wipeout”, report, January 15), therein lies the problem. In their Westminster cocoon, they have completely lost touch with voters and their concerns, instead wasting their time virtue-signalling on net zero and the Rwanda policy (which would be unnecessary had the Tories done anything about illegal migration over the past decade). A succession of at best inept and at worst dishonest prime ministers has co
SIR – Any government’s fundamental role is to cater for the basic needs of its citizens, one of which is a secure and reliable energy supply.
15 May 2021 • 12:02am
Face to face: a 2nd-century relief from the city of Rome of a doctor examining a patient
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SIR – I have no idea how our GP surgery will manage to do face-to-face appointments (report, May 14).
Not only is there at least a fortnight’s wait for a telephone appointment, you can’t even get that unless you are prepared to tell the receptionist what is wrong with you and exactly why you want it.
Sarah Ibbetson
SIR – The near-impossibility of getting a face-to-face appointment with a GP is a scandal. How can triage be carried out by receptionists who are not medically qualified? How do they have the right to decide who can or cannot see the doctor?