‘Unsafe’ staffing levels left scores of patients waiting for care Only two doctors were left to cover out-of-hours GP services in an area with a population of more than 1.4 million, it has been reported. GPs’ leaders condemned the situation as “completely unacceptable” after a manager had called the staffing level in Kent unsafe in an email to bosses.The Health Service Journal (HSJ) cited a leaked email that said the two GPs in question were forced to decide who had priority for visits, including some patients in palliative care, besides their own duties during an overnight shift on a weekend in early September. Continue reading…
Via: Out of hours service assigned just two doctors to 1.4m patients
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