Somerset saw a 49% rise in four-week waits for GP appointments last year compared with 2022, House of Commons Library research commissioned by the Liberal Democrats has revealed.
The NHS data measures the time between when the appointment was booked and when it took place. It showed that the number of appointments that saw patients wait two weeks or longer in Somerset has spiked by 22% to 781,025 in 2023, up from 639,654 the previous year.
It means the proportion of appointments where a patient waited two weeks or longer in Somerset has risen to 21% up from 18.6% in 2022.
Taunton and Wellington’s Liberal Democrats have criticised the Conservative government for letting the community down with their neglect of local health services.
One Health Group PLC (AQSE:OHGR) are a team of Consultant Surgeons and Healthcare managers working with the NHS to provide faster, local and expert care in Orthopaedics, Spinal, General Surgery and Gynaecology.
