Northerner
Admin (Retired)
- Relationship to Diabetes
- Type 1
GPs are often referred to as the gateway to NHS care. It is easy to understand why - nine in every 10 patient contacts are at GP surgeries.
So it should come as no surprise that the state of services should be providing such an important battleground between the political parties in England.
Labour has already signalled its intention to make GP care a focus of the election campaign by promising to bring back the 48-hour target for appointments, which was scrapped in 2010.
The coalition government has taken a slightly different tack. Last year pilots were announced to extend GP opening into weekends and evenings and improve access via technologies such as skype and email.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-29424713
So it should come as no surprise that the state of services should be providing such an important battleground between the political parties in England.
Labour has already signalled its intention to make GP care a focus of the election campaign by promising to bring back the 48-hour target for appointments, which was scrapped in 2010.
The coalition government has taken a slightly different tack. Last year pilots were announced to extend GP opening into weekends and evenings and improve access via technologies such as skype and email.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-29424713