GPs in England threaten industrial action over in-person appointments

Family doctors reject plan to force them to see any patient who wants face-to-face appointment

GPs in England are threatening industrial action in protest at the government’s attempt to force them to see any patient who wants a face-to-face appointment.

The British Medical Association’s GPs committee voted unanimously to reject the plan by the health secretary, Sajid Javid, which included “naming and shaming” surgeries that see too few patients in person.

Declining to comply with Javid’s insistence that they see patients in person who request it.

Visiting care homes less often to check on residents’ health.

Undertaking fewer or less regular medication reviews of the drugs being taken by patients with a long-term health condition.

Refusing to issue Covid medical exemption certificates, which will allow people who remain unvaccinated to continue working in environments such as care homes because they have a medical reason not to have been jabbed against the disease.

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