COLLECTIVE ACTION BY GP PARTNERS

GP partners have voted in favour of taking part in collective action. This difficult decision has been taken because funding for GP services no longer matches the increased demands on the system. This has led to practices becoming overstretched and unable to offer the care that our patients deserve.

This action is necessary because the system is broken with fewer doctors seeing more patients, without the resources they need. General Practice currently provides over 1.5m appointments per month and 65% of those are face to face – a significant increase from pre-pandemic levels. Overall practices receive around 7% of the NHS budget whilst providing over 90% of the patient contacts.

We are open and offering services as normal, but will be working under recommended safe limits and may signpost you to different health care providers and professionals when these limits are met. This is to ensure that we deliver safe and effective care for those that need it and we use other services where it is safe and appropriate to do so.