Lord Warner
Lord Warner
Norman Reginald Warner, Baron Warner, PCis a British member of the House of Lords. A career civil servant from 1960, he was created a life peer in 1998. He was Parliamentary Under-Secretary in the Department of Health from 2003 to 2007, and a Minister of State at the Department of Health from 2005 to 2007. He has also been an adviser to a number of consulting companies. On 19 October 2015, Lord Warner resigned the Labour whip and became a...
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I congratulate GPs. The high scores show the new contract is proving successful in giving practices a real incentive to improve the quality of care for NHS patients and to provide a wide range of services locally.
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Practices must already offer quick access to a GP, but we will move to guarantee patients more flexible access if they want to book ahead.
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This new system gives the NHS, for the first time ever, world-leading intelligence on chronic diseases like diabetes and heart disease.
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What we've got to work on is the rest,
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We will make our system of checks more robust to ensure achievement of the target truly reflects the experience of patients across the country.
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It is unacceptable that some practices are still not allowing patients to book an advance appointment with a GP,
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This means that in future the NHS will be able to map populations with these debilitating conditions with pinpoint accuracy. As the database builds up it will allow us to focus resources and plan services appropriately to help us tackle health inequalities. That means good news for NHS patients and good value for money for taxpayers.
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A very large number of GP practices are both maintaining urgent access and flexible bookings,
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We've been told for some time that we should be more self-sufficient in doctors and not suck in doctors from overseas.