PATIENTS across Bromsgrove district are set to get an additional 7,000 GP appointments in the next year as part of an NHS plan.
The move has been welcomed by Bromsgrove MP Bradley Thomas who wrote to Simon Trickett, the chief executive of NHS Herefordshire and Worcestershire, asking what could be done to get more appointments.
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Mr Thomas, in his letter, said he acknowledged the challenges facing some residents when it came to GP appointments.
The latest figures also show that in September, more than 445,070 appointments were delivered across Herefordshire and Worcestershire, which represents a 15 per cent increase on pre-pandemic levels. Of these total appointments, more than 41,000 were delivered across Bromsgrove practices.
Furthermore, the Friends and Family Test (FFT) results for Bromsgrove practices show that 92 per cent of patients rated their practice as either ‘good’ or ‘very good’.
Mr Thomas said: “A key part of My Plan for Bromsgrove and the Villages includes improving GP access, so I’m really pleased to see NHS Herefordshire and Worcestershire has made nearly 7,000 extra GP appointments available for residents in our constituency.
“I look forward to continuing to work with Simon Trickett to improve the health services that we all rely on.”
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