GP practices in Dorset saw a sharp spike in activity during March, with tens of thousands more appointments recorded than in the previous month. Doctors' groups have warned that GPs could buckle under the pressure of "unsustainable" workloads as they juggle rising numbers of appointments with the Covid-19 vaccine rollout. NHS Digital data shows doctors carried out 428,372 appointments with patients at surgeries in the NHS Dorset CCG area in March – 79,247 more than in February. That was also 42,555 more than during the same month last year, at the start of the pandemic. Demand soared at GP practices across England, with every CCG area in the country recording a significant uptick in activity.