By Martin Bagot The number of patients waiting more than a month to see a GP has soared by up to 79% as stretched NHS family doctors struggle to cope. All regions have been hit, shock figures from the Lib Dems found. The Royal College of GPs said a fall in the number of family doctors has led to an unbearable workload which is having a knock-on effect on patients. Despite a pre-election promise by the Tories to boost the number of practitioners by 6,000 in England, there are now 627 fewer fully qualified GPs, at 27,502. Royal College of GPs Vice Chair Dr Victoria Tzortziou-Brown said: “GPs sha…