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<p>In Barking and Dagenham, Havering and Redbridge, several health services work together
to ensure local people can access NHS services seven days a week and out of hours.</p><p>The
Government is improving access to general practitioner (GP) services and everyone
will soon be able to access routine GP appointments at evenings and weekends as part
of our plan for a seven-day National Health Service.</p><p>Evening and weekend general
practice appointments are routinely available across the country now to enable patients
to find appointments at a time convenient to them, with millions of patients having
already benefitted from this.</p><p>This also provides additional capacity to help
to reduce some of the pressure on general practice and the wider system.</p><p>NHS
England, working with stakeholders, is undertaking a national review of access to
general practice services. The review’s main objective is to improve patient access
both in hours and at evenings and weekends and reduce unwarranted variation in experience.<em>
</em></p><p>Additionally, urgent treatment centres will provide access to walk-in
minor illness and minor injury services, with new standards developed to ensure they
offer a full range of services.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p>
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