I went to the surgery this morning for an INR, and was reading a notice on the wall saying that the list was closed to new patients because they only have four doctors left out of an original total of nine. I assume most of those are locums, judging by the way the names on the whiteboard change every other week. One of them today was a doctor who left last year, presumably covering as a temporary favour.
When I got back home a letter dropped on the mat from NHS England saying that they're terminating the contract, and appointing a "temporary provider" because they've been unable to recruit any new GPs. I saw something in the media not so long ago about having to pay bribes to get GPs to come and work in this neck of the woods, so I suppose it's not surprising, if there's a shortage of GPs they'll be able to take their pick of the best areas.
Apparently there will be a period of consultation before they decide on a long term solution, but it's not particularly encouraging, the other three practices in town have just had some of the worst performance ratings in the country.
So we'll see what happens..........
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