By the time Becca Martin's family got an appointment for her dad, he was so ill he was taken to hospital.
Geoff Ryall-Harvey, of the North Wales CHC, said he feared people were getting "extremely frustrated".But with some GPs not having an online booking system, he said this had meant long waits on the phone for some.Becca Martin tried to get an appointment for her father when he developed a urine infection in June
"Part of the problem goes back before the Covid pandemic. There has been a steady decline in the number of GPs working in Wales."By the time Becca's family got an appointment for her dad, his condition became so bad he was taken straight to hospital After being repeatedly told there were no appointments and to call back the next day, Ms Martin said her mother told the surgery she "was fearful for his life and she thought he was going to die".
But he said GP surgeries are often in buildings with small waiting rooms, which were not safe for large number of often vulnerable people.
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