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Trump's health cuts leave huge void' in Buffalo, New York and patients fearing lack of care

Healthcare funding cuts prompted closures of clinic services, leaving patients with traumatic injuries and specialized rehabilitation without access and uncertain future care.

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1 month ago

You can now book online to see your GP. But is it any easier to get an appointment?

Instead, he spends that time sifting through the online appointment requests to work out what each patient needs. Last week there were 84 requests, and the week before it was more than 100. "It's relentless - you get about two minutes to look at each," Dr Turner says. "We're getting lots of requests we would not have had previously - questions like, 'Should I take this food supplement?' Previously patients would not have bothered GPs with things like that."

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Trump's health cuts leave huge void' in Buffalo, New York and patients fearing lack of care

You can now book online to see your GP. But is it any easier to get an appointment?

#patient-access-to-care
#patient-access-to-care