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<p>We recognise that despite the hard work of general practice (GP) 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 GPs
and build capacity to deliver more appointments; and we are investing at least £1.5
billion to create an additional 50 million general practice appointments by 2024 by
increasing and diversifying the workforce.</p>
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