Centrally imposed systems for booking GP appointments and the effort needed to keep them working to improve access for ...

Patients will be able to get a non-urgent GP appointment within two weeks and a same-day urgent slot under new plans unveiled by the Health Secretary. Therese Coffey has pledged to use data so that ...

Four in five GP practices in England are now giving patients access to their new health records online, NHS England announced this week. The primary care access recovery plan, announced in May this ...

The NHS, working closely with the Department of Health and Social Care, has today published a blueprint for improving access to GP appointments for patients alongside supporting GPs and their teams.

Improving access to GP services has emerged as the top priority for the National Health Service (NHS) among UK adults, according to a recent survey by the Health Foundation. The findings highlight a ...

GP practices across Kent and Medway are facing disruption following a major IT failure which led to online services being suspended.

The location of Scotland's first walk-in GP facility has been announced by the health secretary. Neil Gray visited the Wester ...

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