Coffey's not-socunning plan: Thérèse Coffey's plan for the NHS turned out to be a damp squib. But even the lack of detail won't prevent it becoming a headache for GPs.

The article offers information on an appointment of General Practitioner within two weeks with the latest NHS Digital figures show 85 percent of appointments in July 2022. It also discusses that 31,000 telephone lines available for General Practitioner practices from January 2023 but as most practice staff will be quick to point out, extra lines are no use if there are insufficient reception staff to answer them.