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David Cameron says he wants to offer more patients the chance to visit a GP in the evening or at weekends.
Under a scheme to be piloted in nine areas of England, surgeries will be able to bid for funding to open from 8am to 8pm seven days a week.
The prime minister said the ?50m project would mean doctors "fit in with work and family life".
Labour said it was an admission of failure after its extended hours scheme was scrapped by the coalition.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-24339484
Under a scheme to be piloted in nine areas of England, surgeries will be able to bid for funding to open from 8am to 8pm seven days a week.
The prime minister said the ?50m project would mean doctors "fit in with work and family life".
Labour said it was an admission of failure after its extended hours scheme was scrapped by the coalition.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-24339484