Patients have struggled to access general practice during the pandemic, Healthwatch reports
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The covid-19 pandemic has exacerbated access problems in general practice and patients have reported finding it difficult to book appointments treatment, a report by Healthwatch found.1 The watchdog said that GPs must prioritise telling they are open for face-to-face wherever possible. Its latest looked at how had changed the way people their GP this affected experience of care. It was based on 10 089 people’s experiences services between April 2019 December 2020 458 …
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عنوان ژورنال: BMJ
سال: 2021
ISSN: ['0959-8138']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.n798