PRIME Minister David Cameron was in town today to visit a Radcliffe surgery providing seven-day access to residents in the area.

Mr Cameron hopes to deliver a new GP contract to support doctors to deliver the seven-day services and integrate care by 2020.

The Prime Minister visited the Sun Suite at Radcliffe Primary Care Centre, in Church Street West, which is part of Redbank Group Practice. He chatted with staff including doctors and receptionists during his morning visit.

The Radcliffe surgery is one of the first in the borough to offer the seven-day services.

Patients will benefit from ground-breaking plans for seven-day access to both their GPs and hospitals, Mr Cameron announced today at the Conservative Party conference in Manchester.

He announced details of a new, voluntary contract for GPs to deliver seven-day care for all patients by 2020.

Proposals to deliver seven-day hospital services across half the country by 2018 were also unveiled.

Speaking at the conference, Mr Cameron said: “We want a contract that helps junior doctors.

“We made a very big choice as a Government in our manifesto - we said that we are going to have to make difficult decisions elsewhere, but the NHS will not just be protected.

“It’s getting an extra £10bn of money during this parliament, over and above inflation, and that enables us to meet some really clear goals.

“I think a seven-day NHS is a really exciting prospect, because as I say, parents and people in our country want to access the NHS on a seven day basis.

“Let me be clear, this doesn’t mean that all staff in the NHS have to work every 7 days, it just means the services are available, so I can announce today that we will be publishing a new GP contract to get rid of the box ticking and the form-filling.”