BBCNEWS Through The Lens July 13, 2024
Gps have voted to reduce visits to patients homes, saying they no longer have the capacity to offer them. Doctors supported the proposal at a meeting of english local medical committees on friday. But the health secretary, matt hancock, said the idea of taking home visits out of gps contracts was a complete non starter. Jenny kumah reports. Family doctors say their workload is on the rise, and this, coupled with falling gp numbers, mean something has to give. In his surgery in leeds, dr Richard Vautrey is well aware of the challenges facing surgeries like his. One of the daily pressures that g...