Babylon’s NHS arm GP at Hand will pull out of Birmingham at the end of next month, with 5,000 patients told they need to register elsewhere. The financially-challenged digital-first GP provider (see box) told Pulse its Birmingham operation is ‘no longer financially sustainable,’ with the virtual provision for the city, as well as its only

The health secretary has indicated that she wants to go further than her two-week wait target for GP appointments. And she said that it is ‘perfectly reasonable’ for patients to expect to see their GP within a fortnight. Dr Thérèse Coffey’s new plan for patient access last month set out a range of measures to