General-practitioner services

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NHS Halton CCG was looking for a provider of primary care services as part of NHS England’s new “GP Access Fund” initiative. This service will be accessible by all of the patients of the 14 GP practices that are covered by NHS Halton CCG. NHS England has introduced a new initiative called “GP Access Fund” with the aim that no patient should have to attend A and E as a walk-in patient as a result of being unable to get an appointment with a GP. NHS Halton CCG is looking for a provider of primary care services as part of NHS England’s initiative. NHS England have developed 7 core national requirements for the delivery of the access fund in order to bring parity to the access fund offer across the country and these requirements are: — timing of appointments, — capacity, — measurement, — advertising and ease of access, — digital, — inequalities, — effective access to wider whole-system services. This service will be accessible by all of the patients of the 14 GP practices that are covered by NHS Halton CCG. The GP Access Fund Service will improve access and experience for patients by providing additional capacity for pre-bookable and also urgent on the day appointments, which are more convenient for patients and offer shorter waits, both during and outside traditional general practice hours. These appointments will be evening appointments from Monday to Friday between the hours of 18:30 and 21:00 and also during Saturdays and Sundays from 09:00 to 15:00.