Wednesday, June 24, 2015

Doubts linger over Jeremy Hunt's pledge for 5,000 new GPs

Health secretary seemed hesitant to fully commit to Conservative’s pre-election promise in two recent speeches

Health secretary Jeremy Hunt has been accused of preparing to make a U-turn over the government’s pledge to recruit 5,000 more GPs by 2020 to ease the chronic shortage of family doctors.

The status of the target, which was a key Conservative pledge during the election campaign, has come into question after Hunt appeared to cast doubt on it on two separate occasions.

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