GP access to 'get worse' – Dunn
The letter accompanying the survey tells patients that the outcomes of the exercise will help improve general practice.
However, Dr Dunn, who is chairman of the BMA’s Northern Ireland General Practitioner Committee, said this was not likely to be the case.
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Hide Ad“Despite the fact that many practices will score highly, the outcomes of this survey are likely to result, once again, with the removal of funding from local family doctors,” he said.
“I simply don’t know how removing funds will improve general practice”.
Dr Dunn told the annual conference of family doctors in Fermanag: “Practices already providing good access are rapidly becoming disillusioned”.