Over half (55%) of consultants surveyed say that they have seen a rise in the past three months of patients with ill health from social and economic factors, according to a census of 3689 doctors carried out by the Federation of the Royal Colleges of Physicians.
In its annual census, the federation found that nearly one in four doctors (24%) said that most of their workload is now because of illnesses or conditions related to the wider determinants of health, …