The comments come ahead of a special meeting of the council this week where members will discuss the ongoing crisis
A Derry councillor has said the situation surrounding GP appointments in the city has become 'extremely worrying' ahead of the winter.
The comments come ahead of a special meeting of Derry City and Strabane District Council on September 22 where members will discuss the ongoing crisis.Speaking to MyDerry , Cllr Doyle said: “There is no doubt that GPs are very busy. However, I am constantly speaking to residents who are ringing up to 70 times a day to get an appointment to see a doctor and still not getting through.
"I am genuinely worried that people who have or may be developing serious health conditions aren’t being seen. For those who are in that position, A&E is being clogged up which to me makes no sense.” GP Alan Stout, Chair of BMA’s Northern Ireland general practitioners committee, said that colleagues were trying to deliver services "under unprecedented pressure".