important public service cannot be measured solely by the money we spend, but by the quality of care every patient receives. we all want it to be easier for people to see theirfamily gp, we don't it to be easier for people to see their family gp, we don't want our loved ones waiting so long for ambulances or for the operations they need. but better care requires innovation. in part that means new drugs and new technologies, and this country should be proud of how we are leading the way notjust with the extraordinary covid vaccine but with robots, assisting surgery, doctors being trained with virtual reality headsets and drones transporting scripture medicines to patients in remote locations. the medical technologies like these are only the most visible form of innovation. but we also need to radically innovate how we do things.
orare begging. 150 people like that come here every day. the money pervez earns will help feed his family today. but food prices are rising. and the rent is overdue. are you happy you're helping yourfamily? secunder kermani, bbc news, kabul. children whose parents smoke are four times more likely to take up smoking, according to a uk government campaign. the findings show 4.9% of teenagers whose parents smoke have taken up smoking, compared to only 1.2% of teenagers whose parents don't smoke. doctors have urged parents and other caregivers to give up smoking. dr nighat arif featured in the campaign video and is a family gp.
and professor whitty went on to say, interestingly, he was at a conference of gps, that they were doing, quote, an outstanding job, but he felt that the topic of face—to—face appointments had, quote, got rather more heat than it needed. well, let's speak now to dr natalie rout, who's a family gp in central london. thank you for talking to us. let me ask you, what do you make of this promise of an additional £250,000,000 to help gp services during the winter? i £250,000,000 to help gp services during the winter?— during the winter? i think there are a few things _ during the winter? i think there are a few things to _ during the winter? i think there are a few things to say, _ during the winter? i think there are a few things to say, firstly - during the winter? i think there are a few things to say, firstly it is - a few things to say, firstly it is important to state the facts, earlier this year, gps were seeing 1,000,000 more people per week than before the pandemic, either via digital converter stations or fa ce—to —fa ce digital converter stations or face—to—face consultations, we are having more face—to—face 7 of patient interactions and we do not