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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Denis Campbell Health policy editor

Patients in England want right to see GPs with 24 hours enshrined in NHS

Doctors’ waiting room
Doctors’ waiting room. Healthwatch England has urged the government to respond to the intense public frustration over long delays to see a GP. Photograph: Julian Claxton/Alamy

Seven in 10 people want to be able to see a GP urgently within 24 hours, research by the NHS’s patient watchdog has found.

Almost three-quarters (71%) of voters in England support automatic access to a family doctor within one day of requesting an appointment for a health problem they consider cannot wait.

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