Majority of GP practices closed to new patients
64 per cent of GP practices refusing new applicants; entire towns bereft of vital medical services
GPs across the country are refusing to register new patients, forcing families without GPs to use out-of-hours services or local emergency departments for routine care.
All GP practices in some towns have closed their doors to new patients.
A snapshot survey of 104 GP practices across the country - four in every county - was carried out by this newspaper last week.
Sixty-four per cent of those surveyed (67 out of 104) said ...
