pharmaphorum July 28, 2021
Our primary care system is weathering a storm on several fronts. Demand is skyrocketing, with GPs delivering millions more appointments than in previous years and workload far outstripping pre-Covid-19 levels. Dr Dan Bunstone explores how innovation can help GPs overcome the current capacity squeeze in primary care and tackle patient backlog.
Despite the misconception that general practice has been ‘closed’ during the pandemic, practice staff are supporting a growing number of patients whose lives have been put on hold by delays to care elsewhere in the NHS. This is all while delivering day-to-day care and the vaccination programme as we race against Covid-19’s third wave. Add in chronic staffing challenges across the health service and we are seeing an exceptionally...