PM pledges more flexible GP hours

 Prime Minister David Cameron has unveiled plans to allow more patients the chance to visit a GP in the evening or at weekends at the Conservative Party Conference in Manchester. Under a scheme to be piloted in nine areas of England, surgeries will be able to bid for funding to open from 8am to 8pm seven days a week.  Speaking yesterday [30 Sept] the prime minister said the £50m project would mean doctors “fit in with work and family life”. Mr Cameron’s announcement on GP hours came on the penultimate day of party in Manchester where a pilot scheme is