Bring in GP waiting lists to manage demand, says BMA

GPs need to consider creating waiting lists for patients in order to manage workload in general practice, the BMA has said.Speaking at the annual conference of England local medical committee (LMC) representatives, Katie Bramall-Stainer, chair of the BMA’s GPs committee, urged GPs to consider new ways to manage workload in general practice. She said that they would need to adjust people’s expectations about what GPs could deliver with the resources they had.“Think about creating waiting lists,” she said. “Think how they can provide patient choice, how that can embed continuity of care, how that can provide variety to a challenging day.”Bramall-Stainer described the “hamster wheel” of demand on health services and the need to match activity with capacity. “Trusts know the speed at which to run their own hamster wheel—do you?” she asked. “They provide what they can with what they have in the time they’ve got—do you? You’ve got…
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