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Good evening and welcome to bbc news. Gps are being warned they could face funding cuts if they dont keep their surgeries open for longer. The Prime Minister says many people are going to hard pressed accident and Emergency Departments because they cant get gp appointments. Doctors say they are being made scapegoats and have accused the government of failing to address a deepening nhs funding crisis. Our Health Correspondent Robert Pigott reports. Hospitals have faced a Winter Crisis like none before. Unprecedented pressure in the new year led almost half to declare a major alert with doctors warning that Patient Safety was being compromised. Today, the government said that gp surgeries we re government said that gp surgeries were partly twofold at fault to provide access for patients in need forcing them into Emergency Departments. The government wants gp surgeries open from eight a. M. Until eight p. M. Surgeries open from eight a. M. Until eight p. M. Seven surgeries open from eight

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