Politicians need to understand that we need urgent action to protect general practice, writes Martin Marshall There might have been some patients who were pleased to see headlines such as “ An end to the 8am Glastonbury-esque scramble for GP appointments ” that heralded Thérèse Coffey’s first major announcement since taking up the health and social care portfolio in the new Cabinet, but I suspect most were underwhelmed. And the reaction from GPs was, yet again, deep frustration at the implementation of arbitrary targets, imposed without any warning, without any recognition of the support needed to achieve them, and absolutely no understanding of the huge workload and workforce pressures that are the real reason why patients are facing such long waits to see a GP. What is especially disappointing is that the new health secretary did not contact the College—representing over 53 000 GPs and GP specialty trainees—before …

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“我们为患者制定的计划”——既不大胆也不计划

政治家们需要明白，我们需要采取紧急行动来保护全科医疗，Martin Marshall 写道，可能有些患者很高兴看到诸如“结束早上 8 点格拉斯顿伯里式的全科医生任命争夺战”这样的头条新闻，这预示着 Thérèse Coffey 的第一次自从在新内阁中担任健康和社会保健组合以来的一项重大公告，但我怀疑大多数人都没有被打动。GP 的反应是，再一次，对任意目标的实施深感沮丧，没有任何警告就强加，没有意识到实现目标所需的支持，也完全不了解真正的巨大工作量和劳动力压力患者为什么要等待这么长时间才能看全科医生。