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<p>The Government does not set a benchmark for waiting times to see a general practitioner
(GP) for a routine appointment.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The 48 hour waiting
time target was removed because it as seen as too inflexible in meeting the needs
of patients. The GP patient survey showed that the proportion of people who wanted
to get an appointment within 2 days (and were able to) actually fell between 2008-09
and 2009-10 i.e. when the target was in place.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p>
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