The Government says it will help patients make “more informed choices” about the practice they choose
GP practices could be named and shamed as new league tables are set to show the surgeries offering the least number of appointments. New data will be published on Thursday, November 24, setting out how many appointments each practice in England is delivering and the length of time it takes to be seen.
“I am determined to make it easier for people to get an appointment with their GP practice when they need one and this will allow patients to make a more informed choice about the care they receive.” “We worry that this data will be used to create arbitrary ‘league tables’ that don’t account for different patient demographics and ways of working and those that appear at the bottom will face undue criticism at a time when the profession is already demoralised and working under intense pressures.
The comments were made as Health Education England published new figures on the number of doctors entering specialist training to become GPs .
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