GPs in England threaten action over online appointment booking plan
by Denis Campbell Health policy editor from World news | The Guardian on (#70D1J)
Doctors' union says GPs will be overwhelmed by triage tsunami' and gives ministers 48 hours to take measures
GPs in England are threatening to take action over government plans to increase patients' online access to appointments which they say will lead to a tsunami" of extra demand.
Ministers have been given 48 hours to put in place measures to stop GPs being overwhelmed when the new system - intended to help patients beat the 8am scramble" - starts on Wednesday.
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