Two GPs on out-of-hours cover faced a backlog of nearly 400 calls in Belfast overnight - this was 'huge and unsafe pressure', a senior doctor says
Two GPs on out-of-hours cover faced a backlog of nearly 400 calls in Belfast by the early hours of Monday - a spike on the normal 10 calls, a senior doctor has said.
Dr Alan Stout, co-chair of the British Medical Association's GP committee, said there would have been "some very unwell patients among them".He also warned of significant knock-on effects in GP practices on Monday.In a tweet on Monday morning, Dr Stout appealed for people to be patient.Dr Stout told BBC NI's Good Morning Ulster that he had heard "harrowing stories" over the weekend.
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