Warrington man who couldn't get appointment with GP had leukemia!

 

A 40-year old man from Warrington, who was unable to get a face-to-face appointment with his GP, was told to go to the hospital for blood tests. After he started to suffer from chest pains, he rang 111 and was taken to Warrington Hospital.

After a 20-hour wait at the hospital, Gareth Dixon, was told that there was nothing wrong with him and that he should make an appointment to see his GP. He told the hospital that he would not leave until they had taken blood tests. After blood tests were undertaken, Gareth Dixon was told that he was terminally ill with leukemia.

Many GP's are refusing to see patients face-to-face and have stopped walk-in surgeries. This is putting patients lives at risk and placing an intolerable burden on the emergency services and NHS hospitals, who are having to deal with patients who should have been dealt with by their GP's.