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MPs launch inquiry into reducing demand for GP appointments

A group of MPs have launched a review into how levels of demand for GP appointments can be reduced.

The All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) for Primary Care and Public Health has asked for written contributions by 3 April and will take oral evidence in May and June.

The group will be looking at the case for a national strategy for managing demand in primary care.

It said this comes amid the Government calling on GP practices to help reduce pressure in accident and emergency departments by increasing access.

But also as GPs and their staff cite workload as their single biggest issue of concern, amid declining numbers of full-time GPs, and as many GP appointments (27%) are estimated to be avoidable.

The MPs want to know: