Almost a million patients face struggle to see their GP in three years

An estimated 800,000 patients in Wales will find it difficult to secure a convenient appointment with their local GP by 2017 because surgeries are buckling under the strain of rising workloads and falling resources, the Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP) has warned. More than 650,000 people found it difficult to get a GP appointment last year and it is estimated that this number could rise to 800,000 by 2017, according to new research published by the RCGP.The RCGP says the new figures confirm the dire impact of the falling level of investment in general practice, with family doctors and