Health secretary pledges finish to ‘8am scramble for GP appointments’ with £240m funding
The authorities has introduced £240m of funding for GP practices, aiming to assist sufferers to get appointments extra shortly.The money will probably be given to surgical procedures to "embrace the latest technology", changing previous cellphone techniques and creating on-line instruments to "ensure patients get the care they need as soon as possible".
As a part of what ministers are calling "an overhaul of primary care", they stated sufferers can be advised on the day how their request can be managed.If pressing, they pledged individuals can be seen on the identical day, and if not, appointments ought to be supplied inside two weeks, or sufferers will probably be referred to NHS 111 or a neighborhood pharmacy.Health Secretary Steve Barclay stated the strikes would "bring an...










