good afternoon, wilmslow health centre. so what was your query?ts fast appointments — and doctors across the uk have seen growing demand for care. the pressures are intense and, you know, we're looking towards a really, really busy winter. over the years, it's got worse and worse. primary care has been systematically defunded over the past decade. all the efficiencies have been made, and now we're just pedalling faster and faster on that hamster wheel, trying to meet the demand. the pressures that gps face are illustrated by a fresh bbc analysis of nhs data. in september of 2015, each full—time gp in england was responsible forjust under 2,000 patients. but by august of this year, that number had risen to more than 2,300 — that's an increase of 17%. so how's it been this morning? in primary care — the official name for gp practices, pharmacies and community services — there's frustration they can't properly tackle the root causes of many people's health problems. but if we could really engage people — really engage with them — we could catch them

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