Claim: There are 18 million GP appointments a year for self-treatable conditions.
Fact-check: Could 18 million GP appointments be seen by pharmacists? - Full Fact
Verdict: this is a very rough figure based on uncertain and out of date data. it uses self-reported data from about 60 gps on 5,000 appointments in 2015, and applies this to the total number of gp appointments in 2008.
Organisation: Full Fact
Author: Joël Reland
Date published: 2018-02-19T00:00:00