NHSE chair suggests GP practices turn waiting areas into consulting rooms
NHS England's chair advised GP surgeries to convert waiting areas into consultation rooms during a review of practice usage.
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GPs only need 20,000 of the 41,000 consultation rooms, NHSE chair says
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