NEARLY half of all GPs in Britain are concerned that their current workloads are “unsafe,” according to a new poll.
Family doctors are on average working 11 hours per day and are having 37 consultations each day despite the recommended safe amount being 28, a survey by GP publication Pulse found.
And 70 per cent said their workload is higher than before the pandemic.
In order to limit the spread of Covid-19, a significant proportion of GP appointments are being offered remotely instead of in person.
But doctors expressed concern that telephone and online consultations take longer as they involve multi-tasking, and they worry about missing vital clues from patients’ body language.
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