Nearly a quarter of patients have gone to A&E after failing to access a GP, poll suggests 🏥 Voters also said they most blamed the Government for care backlogs, rather than the pandemic, often cited by Rishi Sunak 🔴 Exclusive: singharj PMGallagher1
with their family doctor, compared to around a third of 25 to 34-year-olds and 35 to 44-year-olds , the Redfield & Wilton poll shared exclusively withOlder age groups were less likely to use A&E in lieu of a GP appointment, with 16 per cent of 55 to 64-year-olds and those over 65 saying they had turned to urgent hospital care, and 12 per cent of 45 to 54-year-olds.
Elsewhere, the public was largely satisfied with the care they had personally received in the NHS in the past year.Nearly three quarters said most patients are not getting the care they need as soon as possible. “Even when they led in overall voting intention polling in the past, they would still be less trusted than Labour on the NHS.
“General practice is the foundation of the NHS with GPs and our teams making the vast majority of NHS patient contacts and in doing so alleviating pressures elsewhere in the health service, including in A&E – but it must be properly resourced and staffed to fulfil this function,” she said.
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