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Thurrock has been identified as the second-worst area in the whole country for the number of GPs.

Thurrock has 40 GPs per 100,000 people, second only to Portsmouth. At the other end of the scale, the Wirral area has 80 GPs per 100,000 people.

大象传媒 Essex speaks to Cllr Shane Ralph, Chair of the Health and Wellbeing Overview and Scrutiny Committee on Thurrock Council, and Dr Brian Balmer, former GP and Chief Executive of the Local Medical Committee.