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5 reasons your GP is so busy
Posted or Updated on 23 Jul 2025
5 Reasons why your GP is so busy:
- Funding: Declining share of the NHS budget over the past 20 years
- GP Numbers: Whole time equivalent GP numbers have fallen over the past 20 years
- Patient Numbers: 450,000 more patients registered in GP practices in the last 12 years
- Complex Care: More elderly patients and people with long term illnesses to care for
- GP Premises: Lack of investment in GP premises needed to deliver the right care
Support your local GP practice by writing to your MSPs.