Patients face entirely new model of GP care post-Covid: but where are all the GPs?

Pre-existing challenges in recruiting and retaining GPs are being starkly highlighted as we come out of the Covid-19 pandemic. But where are the bottlenecks, and what is being done to improve the situation?
More than 60% of about 900 doctors recently informally polled on whether they were taking on new patients, said that they weren't. File photo

More than 60% of about 900 doctors recently informally polled on whether they were taking on new patients, said that they weren't. File photo

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