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14th October 2021
11:47am BST

The Daily Mail on Thursday attempted to take credit for the initiative, claiming it to be a 'Mail campaign triumph'. Its front page also carried a headline reading, 'Sajid, Boris and NHS boss credit Mail for scheme'.
https://twitter.com/hendopolis/status/1448400188666785796 During the Sky interview, Burley said to Javid: "I was speaking to a GP this morning, who said to me, ask him, who runs the NHS, you, or the Daily Mail?" Javid appeared to be slightly taken aback by the question, but responded, saying: "This NHS is run, everyone knows how the NHS is run..." Under the new scheme GP practices in England will be able to share in a "winter access fund" to hire more staff, but payments will be conditional on increasing the number of patients who get an in-person appointment. GPs, in future, must ask patients if they want to come into the surgery or are happy to talk to a doctor or practice nurse on the phone or by videocall instead. If the patient wants to come into the surgery, GPS must then arrange a face-to-face consultation.Explore more on these topics: