Perth and Kinross GP surgeries are seeing a surge in cases not seen before. Patients who have been storing up health issues, awaiting surgery and suffering mental health problems during the COVID pandemic are now turning in their droves to health centres for help.
Associated medical director Dr Hamish Dougall was providing an update to the Perth and Kinross Integration Joint Board on the Primary Care Improvement Plan.
Progress with the plan has been impacted by the pandemic.At the board’s meeting on June 30, Dr Dougall spoke of the additional demands being placed on health centres across the region.The GP told the board: “In the last couple of months there has been higher demands recorded within any previous time before.“Patients have been.
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