GP appointments

In England, 40.9% of patients saw a GP on the same-day they booked their appointment in June 2024, here are stats for each region. (Photo: Google Maps)

The best and worst areas of England for same-day GP appointments

GP appointments face major change with millions affected - how does this affect you?

Major change to GP appointments set to affect millions

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak speaks with members of the media as he visits Croydon University hospital on October 28.

PM u-turns on pledge to introduce £10 fine for missed GP appointments

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak leaves 10 Downing Street for his first Prime Minister's Questions on October 26, 2022 in London, England. It was Mr Sunak's first Prime Minister's Questions since taking office yesterday, following the resignation of Liz Truss. (Photo by Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

Rishi Sunak plans to fine people £10 for missing NHS appointments

Top doctor says patients should be fined for failing to show-up for GP appointme...

GP waiting times fall

GP waiting times fall in South Tyneside

GP "face to face" appointment figures

Six out of ten GP appointments "face to face"

Patients across South Tyneside and Sunderland say they have struggled to get a GP appointment.

Health chiefs answer concerns over struggle to get a GP appointment

More patients are getting face to face GP appointments in South Tyneside

Virus warning as face-to-face GP appointments rise

More than 19,000 fewer GP appointments were made in South Tyneside

19,000 drop in South Tyneside GP appointments during lockdown

Health services bosses are urging patients not to use accident and emergency services unless really necessary

Urgent care and pharmacy opening times in South Tyneside - where can you get hel...

Health chiefs are urging patients not to call 999 unless absolutely necessary

Pharmacy opening times and how to use urgent care and accident and emergency ser...

Missed doctor appointments are costing the NHS £80,000 a month in South Tyneside

The £88,000 cost of missed GP appointments in South Tyneside in just one month

Staff have been praised for the hard work at South Tyneside District Hospital.

Praise for NHS staff as South Tyneside District Hospital has one of the busiest ...

A GP at work. PA Wire/PA Images

Nearly a quarter of patients in South Tyneside waiting a week to see their GP

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Business as usual for GP surgeries as NHS continues to recover from cyber attack

3,000 appointments were missed in South Tyneside.

Patients miss 3,000 GP appointments in South Tyneside - costing the NHS £1.2 mi...

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