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The study found that around a quarter of patients avoided making appointments over fears of being a burden on the NHS A QUARTER of patients at Vale of York GP surgeries avoided making appointments during the pandemic over fears of being a burden on the NHS, according to a survey. The King’s Fund, who conducted the research, said this pent-up demand for help across England will soon force the health care system to deal with a “capacity crunch”. Between January and March, 3,965 patients in the NHS Vale of York Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) area who had needed GP appointments over the last 12 months were asked if they had avoided booking them.
The vaccination centre at Askham Bar Image: PA A VACCINE tracing service is being trialled in York to reach residents who have not yet made an appointment for their jab. Public health leaders say take up of the vaccine has been good in the city and that the programme has helped bring Covid-19 rates down dramatically. But concerns had been raised about vaccination rates in some communities, particularly in more deprived areas of the city or people unable to travel to the vaccine site at Askham Bar. Peter Roderick from York’s public health team said: “We re working very closely with the GP practices in York on a project we re calling vaccine tracing, where actually we are actively phoning up those who haven t attended and have probably had quite a long time to do so.”