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Good news about GPs in England (?)

Bunny

Some good news today, including that:

"From October, the reforms will require GP surgeries to allow patients to request appointments online in a bid to free-up phone lines for urgent enquires and help end the 8am rush to book appointments over the phone."

And, especially importantly for all of us as autistic patients:

"GPs will also be incentivised to identify patients who would benefit from seeing their regular doctor at every consultation."

More details here:

https://news.sky.com/story/gps-in-england-agree-deal-to-end-8am-scramble-for-appointments-13318444

Parents

  • Are there actually any surgeries that DON'T have online appointment booking yet? Certainly every NHS surgery around here has had it for years (well over a decade). Granted, I have never used it myself as it always seemed like too much faff.

    Having extra capacity to enable seeing a regular doctor would be very helpful.

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  • Are there actually any surgeries that DON'T have online appointment booking yet? Certainly every NHS surgery around here has had it for years (well over a decade). Granted, I have never used it myself as it always seemed like too much faff.

    Having extra capacity to enable seeing a regular doctor would be very helpful.

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