Plan set out to improve access for NHS patients and support GPs

Plan set out to improve access for NHS patients and support GPs The NHS, working closely with the Department of Health and Social Care, has today published a blueprint for improving access to GP appointments for patients alongside supporting GPs and their teams.

Surgeries will be provided with additional funding to boost their capacity to increase the proportion of appointments delivered face to face, as part of a major drive to support general practice and level up performance, including additional efforts to tackle abuse against staff. NHS England

See also: 

• GPs are stretched beyond endurance: the Government needs to publicly support and resource the profession Royal College of General Practitioners
• GP rescue plan to boost face-to-face consultations BBC News
• GPs ‘named and shamed’ if they fail to see patients face to face The Daily Telegraph
• ‘Demonising less-than-full-time doctors will drive people away’ - GPs slam media attacks GPOnline
• England’s GPs to get £250m boost if they see more patients face-to-face The Guardian
• England’s GPs to be told to scrap 2-metre rule, say reports The Guardian
• GPs to get £250m injection ahead of winter The Independent
• Sajid Javid denies GPs will be ‘named and shamed’ in appointments plan The Independent