Patients have been told there are not enough GPs to allow for non-emergency appointments.
A Lanarkshire GP practice has been reduced to emergency appointments only because they don't have enough staff to meet demand.
The message explained that staff sickness and holidays means they can no longer offer a full range of services, Lanarkshire Live reports.The struggling surgery already makes use of locum GPs to cover absences, and have been unable to find others to help out. "This week we have two to three GPs covering and cannot get any additional cover. We will try to maintain an emergency service. In the meantime, please consider whether it is necessary to speak to a GP. We thank you for your consideration.
"We face a huge challenge in terms of recruiting and retaining GPs in Scotland, and we need to keep doing all we can to make the job as attractive and competitive as possible - and ensure staff who are currently working long hours to do as much as they can for their patients are taken care of."
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