• Over 1000 GP surgeries across the country, including three surgeries in Croydon West, to be supported to modernise, backed by biggest public investment in GP facilities for five years 
• Patients in Croydon will benefit from over 8 million new GP appointments this year, being delivered through Labour’s Plan for Change 
• Currently GPs have capacity to take on more patients but can’t because of outdated buildings limiting working spaces 

I’ve welcomed the Labour government’s announcement that patients will benefit from over 8.3 million more GP appointments each year as over a thousand doctor’s surgeries receive a bricks and mortar upgrade to modernise practices. 

Croydon West residents will soon feel the impact – the announcement will help deliver on Labour’s promise to fix the front door of the NHS, supporting patients in Croydon who are too often stuck in the 8am scramble for a GP appointment.

Backed by the Labour government’s major cash injection of over £102 million, over 1000 GP surgeries will receive vital funding to create additional space to see more patients, boost productivity and improve patient care, following years of neglect. 

Right now, many GP surgeries could be seeing more patients, but don’t have enough room or the right facilities to accommodate them. From creating new consultation and treatment rooms to making better use of existing space, these quick fixes will help patients across the country, including in Croydon, be seen faster. 

This represents the biggest investment in GP facilities in five years and is only possible because of the difficult but necessary choices made by the government in the Budget to invest £26 billion into the NHS. And it is another measure helping the Labour government shift care out of hospital and into the community, as part of its Plan for Change.