Save Hinchingbrooke Hospital

Website checks two-day GP target

Patients should get an appointment within 48 hours

An MP has set up a website for people to report problems getting appointments with their GPs within the 48-hour national target.

Grant Shapps, Conservative MP for Welwyn Hatfield, is convinced many are not seen quickly - and that official statistics do not reflect this.

Since its launch earlier this month, the website - www.48hourgp.com - has received dozens of complaints.

THE PCT NEED TO SORT THIS OUT BEFORE TARGETING HOSPITAL'S AS A MEANS TO CUT THEIR WASTEFUL OPERATING COSTS