It comes as new figures showed almost eight million people in England waited more than a month to see their GP this autumn. Long waits for a GP appointment have soared under Labour with 300,000 more people waiting over a month to be seen this autumn compared to a year ago. Latest data shows 1,770,148 people waited over a month for a GP appointment in November, which is 246,625 higher than when Labour took office in July last year. The number of GP appointments has increased generally and the percentage occurring at two weeks and four weeks is largely unchanged year on year. 'GP teams have delivered 6.5 million more appointments in the last 12 months up from 378.2 million to 384.7 million with 2025 set to be a record year.'

Source: Daily Mail December 30, 2025 02:44 UTC