Also what was hidden from view was GP's used to be paid from the NHS budget centrally. Labour made a huge thing about giving trusts a huge increase in funds but made them start to pay all the local GP surgeries. I used to know the local trust CEO, she resigned over the change, unfortunately she...
If you want it to be a political debate may I suggest you look at the contract changes Labour brought in 2004, that changed the surgeries forever. GP's got a huge pay rise for doing massively less.
My surgery, in a village, has four doctors and a paramedic. You can never see a doctor unless you...