MPs say unsustainable workloads and low morale of family doctors need to be addressed urgently

Ministers are ignoring “unsustainable” workload pressures and a growing shortage of medics in general practice, putting the safety of millions of patients at risk, MPs have said.

In a scathing report, the health and social care committee accuses the government and NHS England of being reluctant to acknowledge the enormous problems in the system. As a result, the crisis is not being tackled with anything like sufficient urgency, the MPs say.

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