GP home visit should only be for complex patients, say RCGP

A severe shortage of GPs means practices have to make difficult decisions about where best to allocate their time and resources and that includes home visits, according to the Royal College of General Practitioners. The statement is in response to Local Medical Committee proposals on the future of home visits to be put forward at a conference of the British Medical Association that would see the duties removed from the standard contract for GPs. Professor Helen Stokes-Lampard, Chair of the Royal College of GPs, said: “GPs and our teams are under enormous pressure and are working flat out to try and keep