Responding to the Government repeating its pledge to install
digital phone systems in GP practices, Shadow Health
Secretary, , said:
“This is just a repeat prescription from the Tories. People have
heard it all before. The reality is that under the Tories,
patients find it harder than ever before to see a GP.
“Steve Barclay is all talk, no trousers.
“Labour will allow patients to easily book appointments to see
the doctor they want, in the manner they choose.”
Ends
Notes
The Conservatives have repeatedly promised to end the 8am
scramble for GP appointments in the past year.
September 2022
The doctor WILL see you now!
Health Secretary 'will end Glastonbury
ticket-esque 8am scramble for GP appointments'
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-11234871/Health-Secretary-Therese-Coffey-end-8am-Glastonbury-esque-scramble-GP-appointments.html
I’ll end 8am ‘scramble’ to get a GP appointment, vows new Health
Secretary
https://www.thesun.co.uk/health/19869894/8am-scramble-gp-appointment-therese-coffey/
March 2023
End of ‘8am scramble’ for GP slots in Tory reset after local
elections thumping
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2023/05/05/rishi-sunak-reset-election-defeat-gp-plan-pharmacists/
No more 8am appointment scramble: Now GPs have to give patients a
slot or refer them elsewhere the first time they call.
https://www.lbc.co.uk/news/gps-give-patients-appointment-or-refer/
May 2023
'End the 8am scramble': GP booking systems to be overhauled under
new plans
https://www.itv.com/news/2023-05-08/end-the-8am-scramble-gp-booking-systems-to-be-overhauled-under-new-plans
Health secretary pledges end to '8am scramble for GP
appointments' with £240m funding
https://news.sky.com/story/health-secretary-pledges-end-to-8am-scramble-for-gp-appointments-with-240m-funding-12875422
August 2023
unveils hi-tech plans to beat
the 8am GP scramble
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/08/16/steve-barclay-gps-freed-time-patients-upgrade-phone-systems/
Meanwhile, record numbers of patients describe their experience
of booking a GP appointment as ‘poor,’ and for the first time,
fewer than half of patients get an appointment at the time they
wanted or sooner, according to the NHS GP Patient survey.
https://gp-patient.co.uk/downloads/2023/GPPS_2023_National_report_PUBLIC.pdf
Did patients get an appointment at a time they wanted or
sooner?
https://gp-patient.co.uk/downloads/2023/GPPS_2023_National_report_PUBLIC.pdf
