New NHS rules being introduced for GP surgeries from Wednesday | UK | News
Today, a significant transformation is applied in GP applications throughout the UK to reduce waiting periods.
As of Wednesday, October 1, every NHS GP in the UK will be asked to maintain digital advice platforms that can be accessed from 8 am to 6 am.
The review will determine the digitally appointment, posing queries and symptoms during working hours instead of telephoning patients’ applications or participating in the face.
Authorities predict that this will help to cleanse the application phone lines for the most urgent needy, and will provide more convenience to access the appointments and represent an important step towards the goal of eliminating the hurry of the government.
In addition, the GPS now encourages the recognition of patients who are the most from consulting the same doctor at each visit and allows more patients to see their usual doctors per appointment.
Maintenance Minister Stephen Kinnock explained: “We promised to make it easier for patients to access the GP applications at 8 in the morning – and this is exactly what we offer thanks to our change plan.
“We bring our analog health service to the digital age, we provide more selection and comfort to patients. We have learned from the GPs that have already offered this service and collect prizes.
He continued: “The biggest increase for more than a decade for more than a decade – we have invested in an additional general practice of £ 1.1 billion and hired extra 2,000 GP throughout England. There is more to do, but this government is repairing the front door to NHS.”
According to the Ministry of Health and Social Care, some GP applications throughout the UK has successfully adopted this approach and evidence shows that the service quality of both personnel and patients has developed.
A London GP surgery, which adopted this online demand method, managed to reduce its waiting times to only three days and 95% of the patients were seen within a week.
However, the British Medical Association (BMA) objected to the change, arguing that no additional personnel are hired to manage the necessary measures that the necessary measures are not applied and that the things they envision will be “floods of online demands”.
While the union expressed concerns that plans may endanger patient safety while struggling to define the most urgent cases, and fear that reviewing online demands will consume too much time.
Nevertheless, the Health Secretary Wes Streeting called BMA to cooperate with the government or to confront the reform that “Eliminates NHS”.
What do these changes mean to you?
As of Wednesday, October 1, patients will now be able to request GP appointments, ask questions, and define online symptoms throughout the day.
This means that people cannot have to join a tail at 8 am to secure a GP appointment.
Telephone lines should remain accessible for those who want to chat with a receptionist, which provides an alternative method to make an appointment.
