Winter Is Due To End, But GPs Don’t Have A Spring In Their Step

This has been one of the toughest winters in living memory for the NHS and with spring over two weeks and 10°c away, the pressure on London GPs and their practice teams is not subsiding. We are still battling with high rates of flu and practices are juggling patients who have been shunted around by over-capacity hospitals and A&Es. If we fail to address the pressures being placed on general practice - the first line of the NHS - we risk the health of our patients and the viability of the