'Chronic shortage' of GPs putting patients 'at risk'

It says that unless drastic action is taken to ensure there are enough doctors in the NHS, thousands of patients could be forced to travel miles to their nearest GP practice or be left stranded with no family doctor at all. The RCGP says with 75% of doctors across 540 general practices over the age of 55 and nearing retirement, there could be a shortfall of 10,000 doctors by 2020. The College's chair Dr Maureen Baker said: "It is imperative that we recruit huge numbers of medical students and foundation doctors into general practice in order to keep the NHS on its feet. Read More http://ift.tt/2d9qTAv

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