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Quality of Care and GP Opening Hours

28/01/2008

You may have read reports that GPs have refused to extend their opening hours for patients. In fact, the BMA, the doctors’ trade union, has offered for GPs to work longer hours. However, we would not want patient care to suffer as a result of any changes. The Government is not offering any extra money for surgeries to open longer and we want to ensure that longer opening hours are properly funded.

For this reason we currently remain opposed to the proposed changes. we want to ensure that longer opening hours are properly funded. For this reason we currently remain opposed to the proposed changes.

To find out more, download the BMA letter to patients.

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