Around 80 per cent of GP (stock image pictured) appointments were in person before the pandemic, but this fell to just 47 per cent in April 2020 after Covid hit.
The RCGP has finally received a response from the Home Office on visa barriers threatening to drive international medical graduates (IMG) who complete UK GP training away from careers in the NHS.
EXCLUSIVE: An NHS source told MailOnline that of the 27.5million GP appointments carried out across England in May, just 27 per cent were both in-person and with a real doctor.
Growing workload and workforce pressures on general practice are making continuity of care harder to maintain and pose an 'existential threat' to patients and the profession, the RCGP chair will warn today.