Dr David Wrigley: key facts
- Kind of voice
- Clinician
- Role
- deputy chairman of the BMA's GP committee
- Quoted on
- A&E & ambulance response, GP access
- Press citations held
- 2
- Most recently quoted
- 10 Sept 2026
- First quoted
- 8 Sept 2026
“While we welcome the intention to improve access for patients, setting a target like this, that 90% of clinically urgent cases must be seen on the same day, simply isn't realistic without a significant increase in clinical capacity.”
What Dr David Wrigley has said
“We warned the government repeatedly in the past six months that allowing unlimited online consultation requests without the necessary safety measures or additional resources would overwhelm already stretched teams, divert doctors from face-to-face appointments and risk urgent cases being missed.”
deputy chairman of the BMA's GP committee · GP access · 8 Sept 2026 · Why your new NHS booking system is putting patients at risk ↗
Where Dr David Wrigley has been quoted
- GPs seeing 90% of urgent patients on same day ‘simply not realistic’, BMA warnspulsetoday.co.uk · 10 Sept 2026
- Why your new NHS booking system is putting patients at riskuk.news.yahoo.com · 8 Sept 2026
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