Seven-day NHS plan puts weekday surgeries at risk, warns top GP

Seven-day NHS plan puts weekday surgeries at risk, warns top GP Dr Helen Stokes-Lampard says government’s pledge to guarantee access to family doctors at weekends is unrealistic

Britain’s top GP has said surgeries will have to stop seeing patients during the week unless ministers abandon their drive to guarantee access to family doctors at weekends.

Dr Helen Stokes-Lampard condemned the policy, a key Conservative pledge, as unrealistic and said it was ignoring the lack of demand among patients to see GPs at weekends and a serious shortage of family doctors. Continue reading... The Guardian

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• Seven day GP service could not be achieved without 'serious impact' on weekday services, says RCGP Royal College of General Practitioners
• Jeremy Hunt accused of compromising weekday hospital care The Guardian
• Lengthy waits to see GPs may pose serious risk to patients, says top doctor The Guardian
• Seven-day working for GPs costs more and doesn’t get results | Zara Aziz The Guardian