Plans for league tables and ‘shaming’ of surgeries dropped after surge in face-to-face appointments, says union

GPs have secured “significant concessions” from NHS England in an apparent climbdown over patient access and face-to-face appointments, the Guardian has been told.

Family doctors in England have threatened industrial action in protest against the government’s attempt to force them to see any patient who demands an appointment in person.

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