Over 50 percent of GP surgeries are now offering patients extended opening hours, the Department of Health announced today. Statistics released by the Department show that in under six months there has been a 40 percent increase in the number of practices offering more flexible early morning, evening and weekend opening. The result is that GPs have met the challenging Government target of 50 per cent of practices offering extended opening hours by the end of this year, three months early. As at the end of September, over 51 percent of the 8,275 GP practices in England are offering extended opening hours. The initiative for extended GP opening hours follows changes to the GP contract agreed with the British Medical Association in March, where the local NHS worked with family doctors in each area of the country to agree...
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