The Government’s blockbuster GP ‘recovery plan’ won’t work because of staffing issues, top experts warned today as Rishi Sunak vowed to drastically expand the workforce.
Chemists will get new powers to hand out prescriptions for very common ailments under the headline-grabbing blueprint.
Policymakers hope the scheme, which will take effect by winter, will free up millions of appointments and end the dreaded ‘8am scramble’.
Officials at the Royal College of GPs said the plan, however, was not ‘the silver bullet