This Government’s management of the NHS workforce has been a disaster – Justin Madders

Justin
Madders, Labour’s Shadow Health Minister, commenting on the GP workforce
figures which have been published by NHS Digital today, said:

“With
fewer GPs in place now than in 2015, the Tories are failing on their promise to
recruit more General Practitioners. The end result is that it is getting
increasingly difficult to see a GP, with people facing longer waits for routine
appointments as pressure on A&Es mount.

“This
Government’s management of the NHS workforce has been a disaster. They need to
do much more to address the pressures of working in General Practice and
attract the number of new GPs the NHS needs. Across the country patients are
paying the price for the Tories’ failure to get enough GPs in place”.