Pulse in the Press: How GP closures have worsened in the past year

A Pulse investigation into rising GP practice closures has been featured on the front page of The Guardian, Telegraph and Metro this morning. The story was also covered by Sky News, BBC News, Good Morning Britain, The Daily Mail and The Times.

The investigation showed that last year almost a quarter of a million patients had to move practice due to practice closures or mergers in England.

This is up on 2015 and dwarfs the number of patients affected by closures in 2014 – an increase of 150% in two years – and the total number of GP premises closed is up a quarter in the past year.