NHS England has ‘no chance’ of filling staff shortages

New analysis finds health service may face shortfall of 70,000 nurses and 7,000 GPs within five years

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Patients will be forced to visit pharmacists and physiotherapists for medical support rather than their GP as doctor shortages worsen over the coming decade, a group of leading think tanks has predicted.

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