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Face-to-face GP appointments at highest level since start of pandemic

The proportion of people seeing their GP face-to-face has risen to its highest level since the start of the pandemic, new figures show. Around two-thirds of appointments (66.1%) with family doctors in England were done in person in August, according ...

29 Sept 2022 at 21:48

Millions waiting more than a fortnight for GP appointments each month – Labour

Nearly five million patients every month wait more than a fortnight for a GP appointment, Labour has claimed ahead of a speech setting out its own vision for cutting NHS waiting times. Shadow health secretary Wes Streeting will repeat a party ...

20 Apr 2023 at 22:30

It will take a decade to get the NHS back to where it was, Labour says

It will take a decade to get the NHS back to where it was under the last Labour government, the shadow health secretary has said. Wes Streeting said the Conservatives had done so much damage to the health service that it will take time for ...

21 Apr 2023 at 15:35

People abandon contacting their GP ‘over fears of long waits’

One in five (19%) people decide not to contact their GP surgery even when they need to, with major reasons being worries over getting an appointment and long waits, according to official data. An Office for National Statistics (ONS) ...

21 Apr 2023 at 22:30

Labour will deliver the speed of care patients want, Wes Streeting says

Labour will deliver the NHS care that patients want, the shadow health secretary has said, though he acknowledged it could take time. In a speech to the King’s Fund in central London, Wes Streeting reiterated Labour’s pledges on ...

21 Apr 2023 at 14:30

Scotland

Nearly half of patients report difficulty getting GP appointment, survey finds

Nearly half (46%) of people in Scotland have found it difficult to make an appointment with their GP in the last 12 months, according to a new report. The Scottish Government and the Scottish Centre for Social Research surveyed ...

09 Nov 2022 at 20:22

Swift GP access at the heart of Lib Dem election offer, Sir Ed Davey to say

A right for patients to see a GP within seven days will be at the heart of the Liberal Democrats’ election offer, Sir Ed Davey will say. The Lib Dem leader will on Friday announce a five-year plan aimed at delivering on the ...

23 May 2024 at 22:30

Health

Woman finds huge tumours after being told toilet pain was urinary infection by three doctors during online consultations

A woman who could “feel and see” her 17cm ovarian tumour after three virtual doctor appointments mistook her cancer for a urinary infection said if she had been seen in person they would have caught the disease sooner. ...

15 May 2024 at 06:30

Resolving 8am GP scramble ‘will take time’ – Streeting

The 8am scramble for GP appointments will be “wildly different” before the next general election, the Health Secretary has pledged. Wes Streeting said that he would be out of a job if people’s experience of getting a ...

08 Apr 2025 at 09:09

Swinney to put ‘serious action’ over the NHS at the heart of his plans

John Swinney is promising “serious action” to improve Scotland’s NHS – with the First Minister pledging to tackle “the 8am lottery” for GP appointments. With his Programme for Government statement to set out plans ...

06 May 2025 at 10:11

Swinney accused of ‘treading water’ over Government plans for the next year

First Minister John Swinney came under fire from opposition leaders and campaigners – despite promising what he insisted was a “programme for a better Scotland”. With a year to go to the Holyrood election, the ...

06 May 2025 at 17:42

John Swinney says he offers a ‘programme for a better Scotland’

John Swinney promised Scots will benefit from 100,000 more GP appointments as he announced his “programme for a better Scotland” – which will also see peak-time rail fares scrapped “for good”. The Scottish ...

06 May 2025 at 17:49

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