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  Opposition Day - Accident and Emergency - Guaranteed GP Appointments Within 48 Hours - Winter 2013
  
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  @ MP voted aye for a guarantee of a GP appointment within 48 hours to be retained during winter 2013.
  @ MP voted no to remove the guarantee of a GP appointment within 48 hours during winter 2013. 
  
  The majority of MPs voted in favour of removing the guarantee of a GP appointment within 48 hours during winter 2013. 
  
  The motion rejected in this vote was:
  
  :That this House
  :''is concerned'' about recent Government statements on Accident and Emergency (A&E) and Government claims that it is not in crisis;
  :''notes'' that last week, 79 A&Es and the NHS overall missed the Governmentâs A&E target;
  :''further notes'' that attendances at hospital A&Es have increased three times faster since 2009-10 than in the period from 2004-05 to 2009-10, and that in the last 12 months more than one million people have waited more than four hours;
  :''believes'' there are a range of reasons for the current pressure on Accident and Emergency but that difficulty in accessing GP services is one of the primary causes;
  :''regrets'' the Governmentâs decision to cut funding for evening and weekend GP opening and scrap the guarantee of a GP appointment within 48 hours; and, to ease the pressure in Accident and Emergency,
  :''calls on the Government'' to reverse for winter 2013 its scrapping of the 48-hour appointment guarantee.
  
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