GP workload worries
MANY GPs across Britain are working above safe levels, leading doctors have said.
The Royal College of GPs said family doctors have a “relentless” workload. The comments come after a survey of UK GPs found that each deals with 41.5 patients a day, according to a GP magazine.
Pulse found that one in five GPs (20 per cent) is dealing with double this number. Patient contacts include face-to-face and telephone consultations, home visits and e-consultations. THERESA MAY has welcomed plans for the Bayeux Tapestry to come to the UK as “very significant”.
The Prime Minister said it was important “the maximum number of people” will be able to see the work depicting the Battle of Hastings.
The British Museum would be “honoured and delighted” to display the tapestry if it comes to the UK, its director has said.
Hartwig Fischer said: “This would be a major loan, probably the most significant ever from France to the UK.
“It is a gesture of extraordinary generosity and proof of the deep ties that link our countries. The Bayeux Tapestry is of huge importance, as it recounts a crucial moment in British and French history, 1066.”
He said his institution would be “honoured” to display the tapestry.
But at Prime Minister’s Questions, Mrs May received rival bids for a site to host the tapestry from MPs whose constituencies had historical ties to the artwork.
Mrs May said: “It is very significant that the Bayeux Tapestry is going to be coming to the UK.
“I am sure we will be looking very carefully to ensure that the maximum number of people can take the benefit of seeing it.”