Therese Coffey tells patients to just SWITCH GPs if they fail to get an appointment
HEALTH Secretary Therese Coffey was slammed yesterday for telling patients to just switch GPs if they fail to get a quick appointment.Health Secretary Therese Coffey was slammed yesterday for telling patients to just switch GPs if they fail to get a quick appointmentBut she was accused of being “all words” when it emerged there will be no sanctions if they do not.
She said: “One of the points about publishing data by practice is it may give some patients the opportunity to choose to use a different GP.”READ MORE HEALTH NEWS
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