Ministers accused of ignoring scale of problems facing GPs in England

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.