For patients, consequences are inevitable. Some of the care is being postponed. Sometimes GPs only have room for emergencies, let the association know.
‘Row with the oars we have’
Mirjam van ‘t Veld, chairman of the LHV, says in a statement: “The high infection rate inevitably has consequences for how GP practices are now accessible and available. And as annoying as that is, patients will have to understand that too. It is now rowing with the oars we have.”
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It is also difficult to find a replacement, according to the GPs’ association. Last week, twenty percent of the replacement GPs dropped out due to corona.
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