Medics and patients call for ‘crucial’ primary care minister

A new frontline health minister is needed to improve the country’s wellbeing, medics and patients have said.

An umbrella group of doctors, nurses, other healthcare professionals, and patient groups has urged a new Cabinet post be set up by the next government.

A primary care minister — which would be separate to a health minister — would help a badly needed overhaul of crucial services, according to the Primary Care Partnership.