Tory plan for seven-day access to GPs branded 'cloud cuckoo land'

Tory plan for seven-day access to GPs branded 'cloud cuckoo land' Dr Maureen Baker of the Royal College of GPs hits out at David Cameron’s NHS pledge and warns that many GP surgeries are already ‘teetering on the brink’

Plans for seven-day GP surgeries have been described as coming from “cloud cuckoo land” by one of the UK’s most senior doctors.

Dr Maureen Baker, chair of the Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP), labelled the government’s pledge a “political imperative” and warned that many GP surgeries were already “teetering on the brink”. Continue reading... The Guardian

See also:

• GP contract faces radical reform as opposition to seven-day NHS grows GP Online