Health and Social Care Secretary to set out new plan for patients and call on public to play a part in national endeavour

Health and Social Care Secretary to set out new plan for patients and call on public to play a part in national endeavour A new drive to improve access to general practice appointments will be the centrepiece of a new Our Plan for Patients that will be unveiled by the Health and Social Care Secretary and Deputy Prime Minister on Thursday 22 September.

As the first step in her efforts to put the NHS and social care on a resilient footing, Thérèse Coffey will set out her expectation that everyone who needs one should get an appointment at a GP practice within two weeks – and that the patients with the most urgent needs should be seen within the same day. Department of Health and Social Care

See also:

• Health Secretary’s new plan brings us closer to the demise of general practice BMA
• Additional targets will not create more GPs Nuffield Trust
• More expectations without addressing GP workforce shortage not best way forward Royal College of General Practitioners
• GP appointments: New health secretary makes same-day pledge BBC News
• Health Secretary Therese Coffey 'will end 8am Glastonbury-esque scramble for GP appointments' The Daily Mail
• Government unveils two-week access target for GP appointments GPonline
• No one should wait more than two weeks to see GP, Coffey to say The Guardian
• No sanctions if GPs miss two-week target, health secretary suggests The Guardian