Almost one in 20 GP 任命s 調書をとる／予約するd four weeks earlier - 人物／姿／数字s
The number of four-week waits for GP 任命s in England is rising, new 人物／姿／数字s 示唆する.
Around 1.3 million 任命s in May were 調書をとる／予約するd more than four weeks 以前, new data 解放（する）d by the 自由主義の 民主党員s shows.
This is up from 912,000 in May 2022.
全体にわたる, 4.8% of May 任命s were 調書をとる／予約するd more than four weeks earlier.
But in Gloucestershire this rose to 9.7%, in Sheffield it was 9.5%, and in Derby and Derbyshire it was 8.6%.
In Dorset it was 8.3% and in the East Riding of Yorkshire it was 8.2%.
The number of four-week waits for GP 任命s in England is rising, new 人物／姿／数字s 示唆する (PA)
Liverpool and North Central London both had the fewest four-week waits, with 1.8% of GP 任命s in May 調書をとる／予約するd more than four weeks earlier, によれば House of ありふれたs Library 研究.
The party is calling on the 政府 to review GP 接近 in 田舎の areas.
自由主義の 民主党員 leader Sir Ed Davey said: “Far too many people are struggling to get a GP 任命 when they need one, leaving them worried or waiting in 苦痛 for the 治療 they need.
“The 保守的なs have let 負かす／撃墜する communities across the country by failing to 新採用する the extra GPs they 約束d.
“田舎の areas are 存在 特に 衝撃d by long GP waiting times, 傷つけるing families and piling 圧力 on other NHS services.
“The 政府 needs to 開始する，打ち上げる an 緊急の review into the 欠如（する） of 接近 to GPs in 田舎の communities and 行為／法令／行動する to end yet another example of health 不平等.
“大臣s should also 支援する 自由主義の 民主党員 提案s to give everyone the 合法的な 権利 to an 任命 within a week, or within 24 hours if in ur gent need.”
The House of ありふれたs Library 研究 said the 人物／姿／数字s are not a direct 手段 of waiting times for GP 任命s ? many of which happen on the same day.
The 人物／姿／数字s 手段 the time the 任命 was 調書をとる／予約するd and when it took place, which may be 部分的に／不公平に explained by 患者 preference 同様に as availability.
Commenting on the 人物／姿／数字s, Professor Kamila Hawthorne, chairwoman of the 王室の College of GPs, said: “No 患者 should ever have to wait this 量 of time for an 任命, 関わりなく where they live, and we 株 our 患者s’ 失望／欲求不満 and 苦しめる when they struggle to 接近 our care.
“But the truth is that GPs and our teams cannot work any harder ? we are 配達するing more 任命s 全体にわたる compared to before the pandemic.
“Around 85% of 任命s in general practice are already happening within two weeks of 存在 調書をとる／予約するd, and almost half are 配達するd on the day they are 調書をとる／予約するd ? yet we have nearly 900 より小数の 十分な-time fully qualified GPs compared to 2019.
“The 現在の 圧力s in general practice are through no fault of hardworking GPs and their teams but 予定 to years of underfunding and poor 全労働人口 planning in our family doctor service.
“GP teams make the 広大な 大多数 of NHS 患者 接触するs, and in doing so 緩和する 圧力 across the NHS, 含むing in A&E. But, for this to work, general practice must be 支え（る） rly 資源d and 適切に staffed ? and 現在／一般に that is not the 事例／患者.
“The recently 発表するd NHS 全労働人口 計画（する） 誓約（する）s to train more 医療の students and 輪郭（を描く）s 計画（する）s to 増加する capacity in GP training, but we also need 重要な 投資 in retention 率先s so that 存在するing GPs are encouraged to stay in the profession, 同様に as steps to 削減（する） 官僚主義 so that GPs have more time to 配達する care to the growing numbers of 患者s who need it.”
A Department of Health and Social Care spokesperson said: “GPs are 決定的な to 地元の communities and 任命s are already on the rise ? but we’re committed to 増加するing capacity so GP practices can 申し込む／申し出 more to 患者s.
“We recently 発表するd £240 million to support practices to 取り組む the 8am 急ぐ and make it easier and quicker for 患者s to see their GP using 科学（工学）技術.
“And our Long 称する，呼ぶ／期間／用語 全労働人口 計画（する） will 配達する the biggest training 拡大 in NHS history and 新採用する and 保持する hundreds of thousands more staff, 含むing in 田舎の areas.”
