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<p>We recognise that despite the hard work of general practice teams, some patients
are still struggling to access care in a timely way. That is why we have published
our Delivery plan for recovering access to primary care. The plan has two central
ambitions: to tackle the 8am rush and reduce the number of people struggling to contact
their practice, and for patients to know on the day they contact their practice how
their request will be managed.</p><p>We will achieve this by rolling out new digital
tools and telephone systems which can help practices to better match their capacity
to patient demand, backed by £240 million in retargeted funding. The plan also includes
further measures to empower patients to do more themselves, cut bureaucracy for general
practitioners (GPs) and build capacity to deliver more appointments by diversifying
the workforce. We have also increased the number of doctors working in general practice
and record numbers of GPs are in training.</p><p>We have now delivered on our commitment
for 50 million more GP appointments per year, with 364.1 million booked across the
last 12 months.</p>
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