Patients will have to get used to seeing a pharmacist or physiotherapist instead of a family doctor because the NHS will never overcome its chronic lack of GPs, health experts say.
The NHS in England will no longer be able to care properly for patients without a major shake-up of GP services, the country’s three main health thinktanks argue in a report published on Thursday.
The one in five people who attend a GP surgery because of back pain and similar issues will increasingly have to be treated by a physiotherapist, and pharmacists will issue repeat prescriptions and conduct medication reviews, as part of a drive to relieve the pressure on overworked GPs.
Full Story: The Guardian, 21st March 2019