Exclusive: Family doctors have switched to providing far fewer in-person appointmentsGPs in poor parts of England are paid £5,500 less a year than in wealthy areas, study findsPatients’ satisfaction with GP services has collapsed in recent years as family doctors have switched to providing far fewer face-to-face appointments, new research has revealed.The proportion of patients seeing a GP in person has plummeted from more than four-fifths (80.7%) in 2019 to just under two-thirds (66.2%) last year. Continue reading...