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“GPs will be named and shamed over failure to see patients face to face”. “League tables laid bare how few GPs see patients face to face”. “Pets have more of a chance of getting treatment within hours than their owners booking same-day GP appointments”.
Rarely a day goes by without another headline criticising GPs in the national press. The criticisms are varied, and often contradictory; they get criticised for long waiting lists but also for failing to provide enough face-to-face appointments, which take longer than phone or video consultations, therefore increasing waiting