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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
Politics
Tim Hanlon

Patients to get GP appointments within two weeks under plans to boost service

Patients needing a non-urgent doctor appointment in England will have one within two weeks under new plans to improve the service.

And people will be able to compare how their local GP practices are performing over access and waiting periods.

But already leading GPs have blasted the plans, to be outlined by Health and Social Care Secretary Therese Coffey, saying they will have "minimal impact" on patient care.

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