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more employee care workers from abroad. we are also accelerating the roll out of technologies like digitised social care records which can save care workers about 20 minutes per shift, freeing up time for carers to care. finally, d for doctors and dentists. i am determined to address one of the most frustrating problems faced by many patients. getting an appointment to see the doctor or getting to see a dentist at all. starting with doctors, there are five steps we are taking to help make that happen. first, setting expectation that everyone who needs a gp appointment can get one within two weeks. second, opening up times for more thani two weeks. second, opening up times for more than i million extra appointments so patients with urgent needs can be seen on the same day. third, making it easier to book an appointment, fourth publishing performance practices to help inform patients. fifth, requiring the local nhs to hold practices to account,
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economy, tackling energy security and support to households and businesses and the nhs. with patients being able to get appointments. patients are my top priority, and i will be the champion, focusing on the issues that most affect them or their loved ones. most of the time patients have a great experience. but we must not paper over the problems we face. a great experience. but we must not paper over the pro rise s we face. a great experience. but we must not pa| diagnosis e pro rise s we face. for diagnosis and treatment after the the shows, sadly, the pandemic. the data shows, sadly, that there is too much variation in the access and care people receive across the country. the scale of the challenge necessitates a national endeavour. as we work together to tackle these immense challenges i will be proactive, not prescriptive in our approach as we apply a relentless focus on measures that affect most people s experiences of
5a,000. we need to free up beds and help improve and build response times. to tackle this i can announce today we are launching a £500 million adult social care discharge fund for this winter. the local nhs will be working with councils with targeted plans on specific care packages to support people being either in their own home or in the wider community. this £500 million acts as the down payment in the rebalancing of funding across health and social care as we develop our longer term plans. and social care as we develop our longerterm plans. i and social care as we develop our longer term plans. i know there is also a shortage of carers along the country, we will continue to work with dwp on a national recruitment campaign and in addition since last winter we have opened up international recruitment groups for carers, we will support the sector with £50 million this year to help