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Breakfast

hello, you're watching breakfast with sally nugent and jon kay. coming up to 6:30am. let's return now to the government's plan to overhaul primary care in england, with hundreds of millions of pounds to help community pharmacists to treat more common conditions, and improve gps' phone systems. some primary care leaders have already expressed concern that it doesn't tackle the most pressing issue of staff shortages. let's hear now from two more — gp dr mohit mandiratta, and jay patel, who runs a chain of 260 pharmacies. good morning. jay, shall we start with the pharmacy side of things. the government wants pharmacies to

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Breakfast

feels quite demoralising that we are not managing to meet that need. you ok, you being served? today the government promised to improve gp services under new plans. £645 million will be spent over two years to allow pharmacists to prescribe antibiotics for conditions including earache, sore throats and urinary tract infections. and they'll double the number of blood pressure checks they carry out. and patients will be able to book physiotherapy and podiatry services without going through a doctor. new phone systems will be offered to some gps and training for receptionists to direct calls to a range of services, including physios and nurses. the plan today is a really big part of trying to recognise the level of pressure on primary care to innovate, to adapt services, to meet that pressure and to meet the needs of our patients. hello, there.

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BBC News at One

in portsmouth and the surrounding areas here they say they are short of gps by around 50%. back in 2016 and 2019 in england to the government set targets to increase gp numbers, but it's notjust on track to miss those two targets, gp numbers have actually fallen even further. are you 0k? are you being served? yes _ today the government promised to improve gp services under new plans. 616 million will be spent over two years to allow pharmacists to prescribe antibiotics for conditions including earache, sore throats and urinary tract infections. and they'll double the number of blood pressure checks they carry out. patients will be able to book physiotherapy and podiatry services without going through a doctor. and new phone systems will be offered to some gps and training for receptionists to direct calls to a range of services, including physios and nurses.

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BBC News

and they'll double the number of blood pressure checks they carry out. patients will be able to book physiotherapy and podiatry services without going through a doctor. new phone systems will be offered to some gps and training for receptionists to direct calls to a range of services, including physios and nurses. the announcement today is getting on with this, it is about primary care and expanding services and also investing in surgeries to end the 8am scrabble. —— scramble. in terms of extra work for pharmacists, the pharmacy here in birmingham says they are under too much pressure already. they are under too much pressure alread . . . they are under too much pressure alread . ., , ., ., already. pharmacies have undergone man cuts already. pharmacies have undergone many cuts and _ already. pharmacies have undergone many cuts and they _ already. pharmacies have undergone many cuts and they actually - already. pharmacies have undergone many cuts and they actually run - already. pharmacies have undergone

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