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GPs are cutting opening hours in England by stopping weekend and evening surgeries, a poll by Labour suggests.
A total of 91 of the 151 primary care trusts responded to the survey, with most saying they had seen some of their GPs ending extended opening.
Overall 234 practices stopped the weekend and evening sessions in 2011-12, a drop of nearly 6% in a year.
Labour said government policies were "harming care", but doctors questioned how popular longer hours had been.
Weekend and evening opening was championed by Gordon Brown when he became prime minister.
From 2007 to 2009 the number of practices offering it extended rapidly to top 6,300 - about three quarters of the surgeries in England.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-18989168
A total of 91 of the 151 primary care trusts responded to the survey, with most saying they had seen some of their GPs ending extended opening.
Overall 234 practices stopped the weekend and evening sessions in 2011-12, a drop of nearly 6% in a year.
Labour said government policies were "harming care", but doctors questioned how popular longer hours had been.
Weekend and evening opening was championed by Gordon Brown when he became prime minister.
From 2007 to 2009 the number of practices offering it extended rapidly to top 6,300 - about three quarters of the surgeries in England.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-18989168