Allow patients access to pre-booked appointments with a GP again.

Rejected 11 signatures

What the petition asks

It's become increasingly difficult to access an appointment with a GP at all, especially those who work full time. On the day appointments are useless as full time workers cannot afford to take days off work to then be told there are no appointments that day, or not be given a time the GP will call.

Full time workers must be able to access GP appointments, but in its current state, this is all but impossible. How are people supposed to plan around their work if it not only takes up to hundreds of attempts to even contact a GP surgery, let alone actually get an appointment. Not only this, but people with disabilities often need regular, consistent contact with their GP. Please discuss implementing this system again. People should not be forced to choose between their pay and their health.

Why it was rejected

There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.

Create a legal right for patients to receive timely face-to-face GP appointments

Timeline

19 Oct 2021	Petition opened for signatures
22 Oct 2021	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 11

Status Rejected

Rejected 22 Oct 2021

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