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One woman widowed by the scandal was Lisa King, whose 62-year-old husband Peter was denied an appointment in July last year despite complaining of stomach pains.
Experts warn that many were never referred by their GP or kept away for fear of adding to virus pressures facing NHS
We have received countless letters from readers who have struggled to get through to the surgery, let alone book a face-to-face appointment.
Listen to Joy's story, as told by her husband Nick, on this week's Planet Normal podcast with Allison Pearson and Liam Halligan, from 20:49 on the audio player below: All patients will now have the right to see a doctor face-to-face if that is their preference. However, the BMA said the new instructions amounted to a “rebuke” to efforts so far, whereby just over half of appointments are conducted in person. Dr Richard Vautrey, the chairman of the union’s GP committee, said: “They [GPs] do not want to be call centre clinicians but do want to get back to seeing more of their patie...
Britain's vaccine strategy of delaying the second dose appears to have been vindicated after a study found it reduced deaths from coronavirus.