Why the UK's recent funding boost for GPs doesn't offer a longterm solution to the staffing crisis facing primary care.
As Winter looms here in the UK, once again we’re hearing about a season of turmoil for the NHS and its patients.
With general practitioners acting as patients’ first port of call, it should come as no surprise that the government is looking at what it can do to alleviate pressures over the coming months. As such, Sajid Javid, the UK’s somewhat rather invisible health and social care secretary, has announced a £250 million package to help GPs boost capacity over the winter and provide more appointments to patients.