GPs flooded with calls about flu wave, queues of 1 hour: ‘All balls in the air’

Many GP practices are ‘extremely busy’ due to the large number of patients with a respiratory infection, such as the flu. For the time being, it is possible to keep things running and to offer everyone the appropriate care, but that requires additional efforts from general practitioners and doctor’s assistants. Sometimes the queue can be up to an hour. “It’s pretty tight.”