Patients ‘face postcode lottery to see their GP’ with worst-hit area revealed

PATIENTS face a postcode lottery in seeing their GP, MPs warn. Family doctor numbers fell nearly 3,000 while patient lists jumped from 58 million to 62 million between 2016-22. 1 MPs report that some patients are finding it impossible to get an appointment Credit: Getty The worst-hit area is Blackburn with Darwen, Lancs — where GPs have fallen from 74 to 63, and patients are up to 182,406. It now has 2,915 registered patients per fully qualified GP, up from 2,332 in 2016. A similar pattern can be seen across other areas of the country, with 2,821 patients per GP… Read Full Article