Lansley: Let patients register with GPs near their work

NHS patients in England will also be able to choose to register with a doctor near to their workplace or their children’s school to make services more convenient, in a plan to be tested next year.

The shake up is contained in the new GPs contract, which commits doctors to a pay freeze next year as the NHS faces a “difficult” financial climate.

The deal, agreed between the British Medical Asociation and the Health Secretary, Andrew Lansley, is intended to increase patients’ “choice” over how they use GP services.

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