Nov 30 2023

Knowledge printed as we speak by NHS England reveals that for the 12 months to October 2023, there have been 50.9 million extra normal apply appointments delivered when in comparison with October 2019, assembly a key authorities dedication set out in 2019.

The announcement comes as separate knowledge additionally printed as we speak reveals in comparison with September 2019, there are over 50,000 extra nurses working within the NHS. This meets one other of the federal government’s targets.

Well being and Social Care Secretary, Victoria Atkins, mentioned:

We owe a debt of gratitude to all of the workers working on the whole practices for his or her assist and dedication to their sufferers and for attaining the goal of fifty million extra appointments months forward of schedule.

Our Major Care Restoration Plan goes even additional with extra appointments, extra workers and higher assist from pharmacies – backed by funding – that means we will provide the first care sufferers want.”

Within the 12 months to October 2023, 358 million normal apply appointments, together with Covid-19 vaccinations, had been delivered – this is a rise of fifty.9 million in comparison with 2019, that means we have now delivered on our manifesto dedication for 50 million extra appointments a 12 months. That is equal to 44 extra appointments per apply per working day, with over 70% of those going down inside two weeks of reserving.

Well being Minister, Andrea Leadsom, mentioned:

As we speak’s figures, printed by NHS England, clearly exhibit that extra persons are getting the care they want, after they want it.

Thanks a lot to GPs and first care groups up and down the nation for his or her tireless work to look after sufferers which noticed round 32,500 extra appointments delivered every single day.

Whereas that is optimistic information, we all know that there’s extra to do to make it simpler and faster for sufferers to contact their normal apply and proceed to deal with delivering the Major Care Restoration Plan.”

As we speak’s announcement builds on knowledge from earlier this month which confirmed that there have been over 34,000 extra direct affected person care workers working on the whole apply – exceeding the federal government’s dedication to recruit an extra 26,000 major care workers which was met one 12 months early and are serving to to chop ready lists.

Earlier this 12 months, the federal government printed its Major Care Restoration Plan centered on enhancing entry to major care. Offering practices in England with £240 million, it supported them to embrace the most recent expertise to sort out the 8am rush, cut back the variety of individuals struggling to contact their normal apply and guarantee sufferers know the way their question will likely be dealt with.

As of August 2023, greater than 1,000 normal practices had signed as much as digital upgrades – giving them the most recent digital expertise designed to make reserving normal apply appointments simpler.

Following the pandemic the federal government is investing as much as £645million and is working with NHS England and the pharmaceutical sector on one of the best ways to assist major care.

This contains making certain sufferers who want prescription remedy for seven widespread situations can obtain it with out the necessity for a GP appointment and is estimated to unencumber round 15 million appointments over the subsequent two years for sufferers who want them most.