Burnham & Berrow Medical Centre supports the Royal College of General Practitioners and the National Association for Patient Participations’ campaign to safeguard patient care.

General practice is the cornerstone of the NHS, dealing with 90% of patient contacts in our health service.

But right now NHS resources provided to general practice have reached an historic low. Source: RCGP analysis

More than 80% of GPs say they have insufficient resources to provide high quality patient care.

Many GPs now fear that patient care will be put at risk and 71% are predicting waiting times to worsen.

Put patients first: Back general practice is our campaign to put an end to this crisis.

We are calling for a UK wide increase in the share of funding that goes into general practice from 8.39% to 11% of the NHS budget by 2017.

This investment will transform care for patients and benefit the NHS by alleviating pressure on our hospitals and providing cost effective care closer to home. We need your support to make change happen, to get involved visit: www.putpatientsfirst.rcgp.org.uk Twitter.com/rcgp #putpatientsfirst Facebook.com/rcgp.org Or talk to reception to find out how you can help.