Calling your GP practice and getting an appointment on the same day might seem like the bare minimum requirement for a functioning health service.
But waiting a month or more to see a doctor is increasingly common, new analysis shows. One in 20 is forced to wait at least four weeks to see their GP in England . The rate stands closer to one in 10 in the worst-affected parts of the country, which include Gloucestershire and Derbyshire. Some areas, such as the Vale of York, have seen an 80 per cent increase in four-week-long waiting times in just a year.
Comparing the number of FTE GPs provides a more accurate account of the situation at your practice given how many doctors now work part-time. Medicus Select Care in Enfield, north London, also struggled, with only 2.9 per cent of its appointments held on the same day in November last year. READ MORE: DR MAX PEMBERTON: As the GP crisis is laid bare... why even I went private when faced with being treated on the NHS Advertisement High rates were also seen at JS Medical Practice in north-central London and East Lynne Medical Centre in Clacton-on-Sea in Essex .
A branch of Medicus Select Care in the London borough of Islington received the lowest overall rating in England, with only 11 per cent of patients considering it 'good'. Nationally, the doctor to patient ratio also now stands at one per 2,292 — up almost a fifth compared to 2015.
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