Household docs are a ‘factor of the previous’ with solely half of sufferers at all times and even typically capable of see the identical GP, a research has discovered.
Critics described the shortage of continuity as a ‘scandal’ that hampers care and forces sufferers to waste time repeating their medical historical past on each go to.
Based on a ballot of two,339 sufferers for the Lib Dems, 57 per cent have seen a GP greater than as soon as over the previous couple of years, with 20 per cent requiring greater than 5 appointments. However solely 52 per cent say they ‘at all times’ or ‘typically’ noticed the identical physician.
In the meantime 29 per cent stated they ‘not often’ noticed the identical medic and 18 per cent ‘by no means’ noticed the identical one – rising to 27 per cent of these aged 65 and over.
That is regardless of analysis displaying that seeing the identical GP helps the aged keep away from hospital admissions and improves the standard of therapy.
Based on a brand new ballot, household docs are a ‘factor of the previous’ with solely half of sufferers at all times and even typically capable of see the identical GP (inventory picture)
The Lib Dems commissioned the ballot of  2,339 sufferers. Lib Dem chief Sir Ed Davey stated: ‘It’s a scandal that underneath the Authorities’s watch, the household GP has turn out to be a factor of the previous’
Chancellor Jeremy Hunt (pictured) stated in 2022 that reserving a GP appointment would quickly be like ordering a taxi, with sufferers allotted a special physician every time
The Lib Dems are calling for all over-70s and sufferers with long-term bodily or psychological well being situations to have entry to a named physician. The coverage would cowl round 19million folks. Get together chief Sir Ed Davey stated: ‘It’s a scandal that underneath the Authorities’s watch, the household GP has turn out to be a factor of the previous.
‘Pensioners should not receiving the care they want as a result of physician surgical procedures are swamped, leaving ready instances spiralling uncontrolled.’ The analysis additionally discovered that 46 per cent of adults who’ve seen a GP greater than as soon as previously couple of years at the moment are discovering the look forward to an appointment ‘significantly longer’, rising to 55 per cent of these aged 65 and over.
Chancellor Jeremy Hunt stated in 2022 that reserving a GP appointment would quickly be like ordering a taxi, with sufferers allotted a special physician every time.
The previous well being secretary warned that the ‘Uberisation’ of major care threatens the treasured relationship folks have with their household physician.
Professor Kamila Hawthorne of the Royal Faculty of GPs stated: ‘The fact is that we do not have sufficient GPs to ensure continuity of care to all sufferers.’
