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You have probably noticed that something is wrong. Look at the difficulty you have in getting an appointment at your local surgery. When you do get through, it may not be an appointment with a GP at all. Have you lost your
regular family doctor? You are not alone. The past decade has seen us lose far too many surgeries and thousands of GPs.
General Practice is collapsing. Every practice across England is struggling to keep its doors open.
GPs Are On Your Side
If you have lost your family doctor, you are not alone. General Practice Is broken. Help us fix it.
Talk to any election candidate who you come across
When candidates from the political parties come knocking on your door, ask them what they will do to save general practice. What will they do so you can see a GP in a modern local surgery?
Join the patient participation group at your local practice
Your local practice should have a patient participation group (PPG), which you could join to support the practice and influence the way they deliver local services.
Ask your surgery receptionist for further Information about the existing group or details on how you might start one up.
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Did you know...
The Government gives this practice just £107.57 a year for each patient, whatever their health needs. That’s less than the cost of a TV licence.
This means we’re only given 30p a day for every patient registered with us – less than the cost of an apple.
GPs want the same things that you do.
We believe nobody should struggle to see their family doctor.
We believe general practice deserves a bigger slice of NHS funding so we can train and hire more GPs, deliver the services you require and make it easier to get appointments to see your GP and practice team.
We know you deserve better than this.
GPs Are On Your Side.
bma.org.uk/GPsOnYourSide
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Did you know...
If geeral practice received a fairer share of NHS funding we could:
- Train and hire more GPs
- Deliver the services you require
- Make it easier to get the appointments you need
This is why you struggle to see your GP
General Practice is being broken.
We know you deserve better than this.
GPs Are On Your Side.
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Did you know...
compared to ten years ago:
- 1,000 surgeries have closed
- Over 10,000 GPs have retired or left the NHS
- These GPs have not been replaced
This is why you struggle to see your GP
General Practice is being broken.
We know you deserve better than this.
GPs Are On Your Side.
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GPs and their teams are exhausted and losing morale.
No matter how many hours we work, we still can't see all the patiens that need our care.
This is why you struggle to see your GP
General Practice is being broken.
We know you deserve better than this.
GPs Are On Your Side.
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Patients should be able to call us, send an email, or walk in to make an appointment and get the care they need.
But our contract makes it too complicated.
This is why you struggle to see your GP
General Practice is being broken.
We know you deserve better than this.
GPs Are On Your Side.
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In the last 5 years GP practices have lost funding worth over £660 million.
We are not allowed to use the poor funding we have to recruit more GPs or more practice nurses.
This is why you struggle to see your GP
General Practice is being broken.
We know you deserve better than this.
GPs Are On Your Side.