An elderly widow was forced to certify her husband’s death via Zoom after a GP said they “don’t come out any more” – despite this being contrary to official requirements.
During the pandemic, GPs adopted a new system designed to cut the number of patients they would see. It's been devastating for the health of patients. Yet there is no sign that this 'emergency' measure is going anywhere.
Progress on tackling dementia has stalled, Sajid Javid admitted on Tuesday, as the NHS dementia chief blamed the lack of in-person GP check-ups during the pandemic for a 24% drop in dementia detection rates.
Public satisfaction with family doctors in Scotland has plummeted to a record low since the first lockdown when they began to refuse to see patients in person, a study has found.
The number of patients seeing their GPs face-to-face may be even lower than official figures suggest, with phone consultations being recorded as face-to-face appointments.
More than 40% of the GP appointments held in England last month did not take place face-to-face – that's more than 10 million appointments.
