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Concern over patient safety as GPs face intense pressure

April 1, 2021, 12:06 am Concerns have been expressed over patient safety as a survey found GPs are on average working 11 hours and dealing with 37 patients in a day (Anthony Devlin/PA) Sign up for our daily newsletter featuring the top stories from The Press and Journal. Thank you for signing up to The Press and Journal newsletter. Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up Half of GPs are concerned that their current workloads are “unsafe”, according to a new poll. Family doctors are on average working 11 hours and dealing with 37 patients in a day, a survey found. And half say their workload levels are not safe, according to the research carried out by GP publication Pulse.

Nearly half of GPs are concerned over unsafe workloads

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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