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Patients with chronic conditions need longer GP consultations, say RCGP

An end to the standard 10-minute GP consultation to allow family doctors to spend more time with patients with complex needs is core to the Royal College of GPs’ vision for the future of general practice.

An end to the standard 10-minute GP consultation to allow family doctors to spend more time with patients with complex needs is core to the Royal College of GPs’ vision for the future of general practice. It states that by 2030 face-to-face GP consultations will be at least 15 minutes, with longer for those patients who need it. Recent research showed that the UK offers some of the shortest GP consultations amongst economically-advanced nations at 9.2 minutes €“ with another study finding that the average GP consultation involved discussion of two and a half health problems. It’s estimated that the

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