Spending On Patient Care Set To Plummet By Millions, Warn GP Leaders

The amount of money allocated to GPs to care for their patients is set to fall by nearly £200m over the next three years- equivalent to the current funding for 1.2 million patients, according to predictions from GP leaders. The stark warning comes from the Royal College of General Practitioners who say that the proportion of NHS funding being spent on general practice has been falling for successive years, with GP practices being starved of the resources they need to meet the growing needs of patients and to safeguard the future of patient care...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Primary Care / General Practice Source Type: news