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GP says doctors want face-to-face appointments to return – but not just yet

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A Salford GP has said he wants face-to-face appointments to be the 'default' again and claims most of his colleagues agree - but not for the time being.

Dr Tom Regan, who is the clinical director of commissioning for NHS Salford CCG, described telephone consultations with family doctors as 'inefficient'.

And the doctor, who works as a GP at St Andrews Medical Centre in Eccles, said the majority of his colleagues in the profession would agree with him. READ MORE: Greater Manchester GP's plea as abusive patients turn on 'burnt out, demoralised' doctors But he told councillors at a scrutiny committee this week that government rules mandate surgeries to triage patients over the phone first due to Covid.

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