Only half (51 per cent) of UK adults said they were able to discuss 'everything' or 'most things' during their last appointment with a family doctor.
GPs are putting patients at risk of harm by rushing them out of the door before they have time to discuss all of their issues, a damning survey suggests.
Patient groups last night warned rushed appointments and the move to online booking systems are making older people 'feel unwelcome in their surgery'. Fewer than a quarter of respondents to the new poll thought appointments should be ten minutes or less, with a third wanting 15 minutes, a fifth 20 minutes, and one in eight 30 minutes. One in every 50 patients want an hour with their GP.
When they do finally get through, 43 per cent find they have to tell the receptionist their issue before being graced with an in-person consultation with a GP, 22 per cent must fill in a form on their practice website and 16 per cent submit a request through the NHS app.
Read More Would you pay £20k for Alzheimer's drug that could delay your loved one needing a care home? Dennis Reed, director of Silver Voices, which campaigns for the over-60s, said: 'This research bears out what Silver Voices members have been telling us for many months. He added: 'If the doctor is in too much haste to turn round an appointment, there is a great danger that only the immediate and obvious symptoms are dealt with.
'Older patients will often give up with the GP practice and either go to A&E or try to self-medicate.'
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