The working hours of many surgery staff are changing without full notice of the patients despite NHS GPs being paid up to £100,000 a year. Many people, especially the elderly, are getting fed up with the lower standards of their local GP’s performance towards them as many of them, including young children, find themselves rejected or facing a closed surgery when the appointment time has long gone by.

Many family doctors are worrying about the well-fare of family health and care, and many Saturday morning illnesses are ending up being treated at A&E. The result, being taken by the council’s MPs, is that the public patients are being left worse off by not receiving the necessary treatment when and where they need it. All across the UK surgeries are being closed and appointments are being delayed – the result being the fact that the ill public have to go to A&E. This is meaning that it is going to be even more crowded. 

Just 2% of medical services are complying with the high standards like answering calls promptly. Before April 2004, doctors and GPs were responsible for out-of-hours medical care – between 6.30pm and 8.00am on weekdays and all bank holidays. The new system has also resulted in major cost rises for the NHS from £322 million per year to £392 million.  

MPs, GPs and surgeries across Britain want these standards to rise so the public can be treated out of hours. We want the standards to be the best.