No sanctions if GPs miss two-week target, health secretary suggests

Thérèse Coffey describes new goal for offering patient an appointment as ‘expectation’ not guarantee

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GPs who fail to offer an appointment to patients within two weeks will not face any sanctions, the health secretary has suggested.

Thérèse Coffey said the new target, announced as part of an effort to tackle the growing crisis within the NHS, was an “expectation” rather than a guarantee.

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