YP Comment: GP access is key to NHS survival
If this happens, the likelihood is more people will seek treatment at their local hospital at a time when doctors and nurses only want patients to turn up as a last resort because demand for beds remains unprecedented due to an ageing population.
Furthermore this ill-conceived remedy will mean even less family doctors on duty at health centres where residents have a right to expect appointments between 8am and 8pm on weekdays as well as a more robust out-of-hours service.
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Hide AdThe sooner that NHS chiefs realise the fundamental flaws with the GP service, whether it be a shortage of doctors at some practices or some medical professionals being inflexible over their working hours, the quicker that new policy cures can be prescribed.