Weekend surgery appointments are now available for Watford patients following a funding boost.
An extra 340 weekly GP appointments will be available across the 26 surgeries – 17,680 extra a year.
Watford MP Richard Harrington said: "I have been working closely with the local Clinical Commissioning Group for some time to get this through and thank them for providing additional weekend GP appointments.
“I think this will really help with pressure on A&E and help those patients who find it difficult to get to see their GP during the week.”
Dr Kevin Barrett, a GP in Watford and Three Rivers said: “Herts Valleys CCG has provided additional funding so that we can now offer weekend GP appointment to all patients registered with a practice in Watford or Three Rivers. We have been offering this service at 11 practices since 2014 as part of as part of funds awarded to us from the pilot Prime Minister’s Challenge Fund - being able to extend this out widely is great news for local people.”
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