Poverty gap fuels GP heart workload

GPS in Scotland’s most-deprived areas deal with disproportionately much larger number of chronic heart cases than more affluent areas, research shows.

- By Richard Elias

Researchers at the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) studied coronary heart disease and heart failure.

And they called on Scottish ministers to do more to close the gap.

The analysis also found inequalities across local areas.