1 in 5 people in England would be without a GP if practices stuck to 'safe limit'

General practice in England is caring for 13.3m patients more than its existing workforce can safely manage - and needs nearly 7,400 more full-time GPs to bridge the gap, analysis by GPonline shows.

by Nick Bostock

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