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GP access review must be part of NHS COVID-19 recovery

Our research shows that tens of thousands of people struggled to contact or see their doctor during the first year of the pandemic. Find out more in our new report.

22 March 2021

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"Sometimes they give me a shower but they go over their time, but most of the time they haven't got the time to give me one so I go a couple of weeks without one and that is not right, I feel dirty."

Care user speaking to Healthwatch Redcar and Cleveland

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