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PATIENTS WILL still be able to see their GP when expected industrial action by family doctors begins – but waiting times for hospital treatment will rise still further.

That’s the warning from a York GP as surgeries across the city begin to prepare for what will amount to a ‘work to rule’.

Family doctors in England voted overwhelmingly for ‘collective action’ starting from August 1 – though doctors union the British Medical Association (BMA) has said it will be a ‘slow burn’ rather than a ‘big bang’.

York GP Dr David Fair said different practices across York will be deciding for themselves what action to take.

But options include limiting the number of patients a GP sees each day; refusing to shop around to find the cheapest drugs to prescribe; and referring more patients directly to hospital rather than providing tests and checks in GP surgeries.

 

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