Millions finding it harder to get a GP appointment, new analysis shows
Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Get our free View from Westminster email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The Labour review of patient data in England found more people finding it difficult to contact their GP by phone, waiting longer to see their preferred doctor and to get a timely appointment. It showed an increase from 19 per cent to 28 per cent of patients finding it ‘not very easy’ or ‘not at all easy’ to get through to their GP surgery by phone. Labour’s Shadow Health Secretary Jonathan Ashworth said: “This research exemplifies just how hard it is becoming to see a GP in Tory Britain, with patients’ overall experience of their GP services getting drastically worse. “Patients deserve to be able to get the right care at the right time for them and 17 million people are already able to make a routine appointment with a GP at evenings and weekends.”
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