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Tuesday, 29 March 2005 16:23
BNN: British Nursing News Online · www.bnn-online.co.uk
GP 'entrepreneurs'
Speaking at a central London press conference, Health Secretary John Reid has pledged to encourage "entrepreneurial" doctors the opportunity to use their initiative to broaden the scope of local services for patients.

Dr Reid said GPs "with the most entrepreneurial flair" would be encouraged over the next few months to develop new services "more easily, more quickly and more conveniently than ever before".

"We have more doctors than we've ever had before, 31,500 of them. We have more doctors in training than ever before, we are putting more money into primary care than ever before and together that means we anticipate even more doctors in the community than ever before in the years to come.

"But we also have greater demands on our health service than ever before”.

People were living longer, he said, and "everyone expects better, higher quality care, more conveniently placed, with faster access than ever before".

He added: "Those rising expectations should not be a source of complaint but a challenge to us to do even better than we've done in the past”.

Dr Reid continued: "Even with the massive investment we have made, in some areas we recognise we are under-provided in terms of doctors to meet those expectations.

"I want to free up our GPs to be all they can be in providing better services of a wider range, more conveniently”.


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