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£22bn black holeWhile most NHS services are exempt from the NI increase, GP surgeries are not because they operate as privately owned partnerships.
When divided among the 6,275 practices affected, it could cost the average surgery the equivalent of 357 appointments a year – and costing the surgeries impacted a whopping £125.5m overall., the chair of the BMA Council Phil Banfield already warned: “For some GPs, this will tip them over the edge. And we’ve seen over 1,000 practices close in the last 10 years.”
“Surgeries are already struggling and these increased costs will leave GPs with no choice but to cut services and staff numbers. Ultimately it is patients around the country who will pay the price. But the chief secretary to the Treasury, Darren Jones, told Times Radio on Sunday that the UK would not rethink the National Insurance increases – even though supermarkets have warned prices will also have to rise as a result.Presenter Kate McCann asked the minister on Sunday: “If food prices go up, are you comfortable with that?”
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