Plans for GPs to see every patient within two weeks of asking for an appointment are just an 'expectation, not a pledge', a health minister has admitted
Robert Jenrick spoke about the Government's new GP target, describing it as an "expectation".A bid to get patients seen by their GP within two weeks is an "expectation, not a pledge", a health minister has told LBC.Robert Jenrick's remarks come after health secretary Therese Coffey said anyone needing an urgent appointment should be able to see a doctor on the same day, while others would get one inside a fortnight.
That follows huge delays in patient care brought about by postponed treatments during the Covid pandemic."We're not entirely mandating GPs to do this, but we are saying that the public patients, which is our priority as ministers, they should be able to expect this," he told Tonight with Andrew Marr.
"We're saying let's raise up those weaker GP surgeries, and indeed you see the same story in ambulances and NHS trusts, and give them tools," he went on."I think you can make progress quite quickly because some of the things we are offering will be available very quickly this autumn.earlier on Thursday.When Dr Coffey did not answer, Nick said: "Clearly nothing.
She suggested that a failure to meet targets may result in patients choosing to go to a different GP.
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