RCGP Chairman appointed to lead work on improving access for
ethnic minority patients
24 July 2007
RCGP Chairman Professor Mayur Lakhani has been
asked by the Secretary of State for Health, Alan Johnson, to chair
a group aimed at improving GP services for ethnic minority
patients.
The appointment follows publication of the
results of England's biggest patient survey by the Department of
Health today (24 July 2007).
Professor Lakhani said: “The results of the
survey are a positive affirmation of the good work done by family
doctors up and down the country. Our GP services are among the best
in the world and to maintain these high standards, it is absolutely
vital we listen to all our patients including black and minority
ethnic (BME) groups.
“GP access is an issue of public concern
amongst BME groups and this is not going to go away. There is no
shortage of analysis - it is knowing what to do next that matters.
I therefore welcome this initiative to agree a way forward and am
determined to work with GPs to hear their ideas about how to make
this work.”
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For more information please contact Gillian Watson in
the RCGP press office 020 7344 3135 / press@rcgp.org.uk
Read on for the
Department of Health patient survey press release