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| David Cameron promises seven-day GP access by 2020 | David Cameron promises seven-day GP access by 2020 |
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| Everyone in England will have access to GP services seven days a week by 2020, Prime Minister David Cameron has promised. | Everyone in England will have access to GP services seven days a week by 2020, Prime Minister David Cameron has promised. |
| The prime minister has unveiled a further £100m from April 2015 for a fund set up last year to improve flexibility. | The prime minister has unveiled a further £100m from April 2015 for a fund set up last year to improve flexibility. |
| The government has also promised to bring back "named GPs" - to take charge of care outside hospital. | The government has also promised to bring back "named GPs" - to take charge of care outside hospital. |
| It will form part of a new contract for GPs to be announced later on Tuesday. | It will form part of a new contract for GPs to be announced later on Tuesday. |
| Mr Cameron said: "People need to be able to see their GP at a time that suits them and their family. That's why we will ensure everyone can see a GP seven days a week by 2020. | Mr Cameron said: "People need to be able to see their GP at a time that suits them and their family. That's why we will ensure everyone can see a GP seven days a week by 2020. |
| "We will also support thousands more GP practices to stay open longer - giving millions of patients better access to their doctor." | "We will also support thousands more GP practices to stay open longer - giving millions of patients better access to their doctor." |
| Skype consultations | Skype consultations |
| Under a £50m pilot scheme launched at last year's Conservative conference, surgeries in nine areas of England were able to bid for money to open from 8am to 8pm seven days a week, as well as offering Skype consultations and more telephone consultations. | Under a £50m pilot scheme launched at last year's Conservative conference, surgeries in nine areas of England were able to bid for money to open from 8am to 8pm seven days a week, as well as offering Skype consultations and more telephone consultations. |
| Practices around the country will now be invited to bid for funds for 2015/16. Extending seven day opening to all areas by 2020 will cost £400m spread over the next five years, the government said. | Practices around the country will now be invited to bid for funds for 2015/16. Extending seven day opening to all areas by 2020 will cost £400m spread over the next five years, the government said. |
| Speaking on BBC Radio 4's Today programme, Mr Cameron said this was not "some fairytale announcement", saying the pilot scheme had been "a great success". | Speaking on BBC Radio 4's Today programme, Mr Cameron said this was not "some fairytale announcement", saying the pilot scheme had been "a great success". |
| He said the move could take pressure off accident and emergency wards, which he said were "not the right place" for "frail, elderly" people. | He said the move could take pressure off accident and emergency wards, which he said were "not the right place" for "frail, elderly" people. |
| "Yes, this costs money, but I actually think it will help take the pressure off a key part of the system," he said. | "Yes, this costs money, but I actually think it will help take the pressure off a key part of the system," he said. |
| The British Medical Association has questioned whether extending opening hours is the best use of stretched NHS resources. | The British Medical Association has questioned whether extending opening hours is the best use of stretched NHS resources. |
| Labour has said it would plough an extra £2.5bn into the NHS, if it regains power, to hire an extra 8,000 GPs and to guarantee that everyone will be able to see a GP within 48 hours. | Labour has said it would plough an extra £2.5bn into the NHS, if it regains power, to hire an extra 8,000 GPs and to guarantee that everyone will be able to see a GP within 48 hours. |
| Shadow health secretary Andy Burnham said: "David Cameron made an almost identical announcement this time last year but, in the 12 months since, he has made it harder, not easier, to get a GP appointment. | Shadow health secretary Andy Burnham said: "David Cameron made an almost identical announcement this time last year but, in the 12 months since, he has made it harder, not easier, to get a GP appointment. |
| "After the election, David Cameron scrapped Labour's GP appointment guarantee and cut support for evening and weekend opening. His broken promises on the NHS have caught up with him. | "After the election, David Cameron scrapped Labour's GP appointment guarantee and cut support for evening and weekend opening. His broken promises on the NHS have caught up with him. |
| "Under David Cameron, it has got harder and harder to get a GP appointment. People are left ringing the surgery early in the morning only to be told nothing is available for days. | "Under David Cameron, it has got harder and harder to get a GP appointment. People are left ringing the surgery early in the morning only to be told nothing is available for days. |
| "The next Labour government will guarantee a GP appointment within 48 hours or a same-day consultation with a doctor or nurse for those who need it." | "The next Labour government will guarantee a GP appointment within 48 hours or a same-day consultation with a doctor or nurse for those who need it." |
| But Mr Cameron told BBC Breakfast the 48-hour guarantee was a "tried and failed" target because GP surgeries could not give patients an appointment later in the week which many people wanted. | But Mr Cameron told BBC Breakfast the 48-hour guarantee was a "tried and failed" target because GP surgeries could not give patients an appointment later in the week which many people wanted. |
| "What we are doing is tried and tested. Seven days, 12-hours a day, good access to your GP," he said. | "What we are doing is tried and tested. Seven days, 12-hours a day, good access to your GP," he said. |
| "That will be really welcomed by people with young children. I have had four children, one of them desperately ill. I know how important your family doctor service is." | "That will be really welcomed by people with young children. I have had four children, one of them desperately ill. I know how important your family doctor service is." |
| The Conservatives are using their week in Birmingham to announce a series of policies aimed at convincing voters the pain of austerity has been worth it, allowing them to deliver improvements to the NHS, pensions and housing. | The Conservatives are using their week in Birmingham to announce a series of policies aimed at convincing voters the pain of austerity has been worth it, allowing them to deliver improvements to the NHS, pensions and housing. |
| On Tuesday, Home Secretary Theresa May will unveil a new counter-extremism strategy while conference favourite, London Mayor Boris Johnson, will also address activists. | On Tuesday, Home Secretary Theresa May will unveil a new counter-extremism strategy while conference favourite, London Mayor Boris Johnson, will also address activists. |
| But the party continues to be rocked by the threat of the UK Independence Party after the defection of a second Conservative MP. | But the party continues to be rocked by the threat of the UK Independence Party after the defection of a second Conservative MP. |
| Prime Minister David Cameron has rejected claims that the rise of UKIP risks a fundamental split in the right of UK politics but acknowledged that he was in a twin fight against Labour and Nigel Farage's party. | Prime Minister David Cameron has rejected claims that the rise of UKIP risks a fundamental split in the right of UK politics but acknowledged that he was in a twin fight against Labour and Nigel Farage's party. |
| "I have a double battle on my hands," he told BBC's Newsnight. | "I have a double battle on my hands," he told BBC's Newsnight. |
| "I have to win a blue-red fight against Labour... but I also have to win back people who have left my party who are concerned and worried about the pressures in our modern world. | "I have to win a blue-red fight against Labour... but I also have to win back people who have left my party who are concerned and worried about the pressures in our modern world. |
| "I have to reassure them I absolutely get the problems of uncontrolled immigration, I do want to change our relationship with Europe and build a sense of national pride that this country can again be a success in this modern world." | "I have to reassure them I absolutely get the problems of uncontrolled immigration, I do want to change our relationship with Europe and build a sense of national pride that this country can again be a success in this modern world." |
| "I think a lot of those divisions on the right are about reassurance and understanding and going back to your values about what makes you tick rather a fundamental division which is what we have we Labour." | "I think a lot of those divisions on the right are about reassurance and understanding and going back to your values about what makes you tick rather a fundamental division which is what we have we Labour." |
| Also speaking on Monday, Mr Johnson - tipped by some as a future Tory leader - called for "greater conservative family" to unite to fight the 2015 election and to ensure that the pledge of an EU referendum could be delivered. | Also speaking on Monday, Mr Johnson - tipped by some as a future Tory leader - called for "greater conservative family" to unite to fight the 2015 election and to ensure that the pledge of an EU referendum could be delivered. |