Experts React To British Medical Association’s Findings

Leading medical negligence specialists at Irwin Mitchell say that patients’ lives are at risk if GPs are being forced to carry out complex consultations in 10 minutes or under.

Patient care is being undermined by GPs being expected to see as many as 60 patients every day according to the British Medical Association.
 
The doctors’ union has called for more funding to allow GPs to spend at least 15 minutes with each patient.

They published a report on "safe working in general practice" earlier this month which called for a reorganisation and warned that GPs faced "unsustainable pressure" from increasing workload and staff shortages.

The NHS Choices website states that ‘GPs spend an average of 8-10 minutes with each patient’.

Rachelle Mahapatra, medical negligence expert at Irwin Mitchell believes something must be done to tackle this issue.

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