{"id":33279,"date":"2021-12-21T09:59:24","date_gmt":"2021-12-21T09:59:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/?p=33279"},"modified":"2021-12-21T09:59:24","modified_gmt":"2021-12-21T09:59:24","slug":"just-10-of-patients-take-up-40-of-gp-appointments-study-finds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/2021\/12\/21\/just-10-of-patients-take-up-40-of-gp-appointments-study-finds\/","title":{"rendered":"Just 10% of patients take up 40% of GP appointments, study finds"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span><div class=\"paddle previous loaded\" data-aop=\"paddles_prev\" data-id=\"45\" data-m=\"{&quot;i&quot;:45,&quot;p&quot;:44,&quot;n&quot;:&quot;previous&quot;,&quot;y&quot;:14,&quot;o&quot;:1}\"><\/div>\n<article class=\"articlecontent allowvig loaded\" data-id=\"47\" data-m=\"{&quot;i&quot;:47,&quot;p&quot;:44,&quot;n&quot;:&quot;article&quot;,&quot;y&quot;:6,&quot;o&quot;:3}\" data-nativead-placements=\"article_aside:3;singlecard1:1;singlecard2:1;singlecard3:1;singlecard4:1;singlecard5:1;singlecard6:1;singlecard7:1;singlecard8:1;singlecard9:1;singlecard10:1;singlecard11:1;\">\n<section class=\"flexarticle\" data-id=\"48\" data-m=\"{&quot;i&quot;:48,&quot;p&quot;:47,&quot;n&quot;:&quot;flexarticle&quot;,&quot;y&quot;:6,&quot;o&quot;:1}\">\n<section class=\"articlebody   \" data-id=\"49\" data-m=\"{&quot;i&quot;:49,&quot;p&quot;:48,&quot;n&quot;:&quot;articlebody&quot;,&quot;y&quot;:6,&quot;o&quot;:1}\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-31990\" src=\"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/gp-surgery-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/gp-surgery-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/gp-surgery-500x333.jpg 500w, https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/gp-surgery-360x240.jpg 360w, https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/gp-surgery.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Family doctors are being overwhelmed by a small group of \u2018frequent attenders\u2019 who have five times more appointments than other patients, research shows. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.msn.com\/en-gb\/health\/medical\/just-10-of-patients-take-up-40-of-gp-appointments-study-finds\/ar-AAS0K2J?ocid=msedgntp\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/section>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 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