New analysis from Island Labour reveals satisfaction in local General Practice is up 3.7% over the last two years as Labour continues to fix the front door of our NHS.
Across the country more than half of patients now describe contacting their GP practice as easy, up from 47.5% when Labour took office to 56.3% today. Almost 8 in 10 patients have used an online GP service in the past year, and 31% of people are using the NHS App to contact their GP, compared with 22% in 2025 and 17% in 2024. More than half of patients now describe contacting their GP practice as easy, up from 47.5% when we took office to 56.3% today.
These improvements follow record investment alongside real modernisation of the NHS, and the hard work of staff right across the country. Years of underinvestment and a failure of the Tories to build a modern health service meant patients struggling to access basic services, contact their GP or get a dentist appointment. So Labour made it easier to book appointments online, recruited 2000 more GPs, boosted urgent dental care, and expanded the role of pharmacists so patients are treated more quickly and closer to home.
Publishing the analysis, Labour’s Steve Reading said,
“Labour is getting our NHS on the Isle of Wight back on its feet – there is still an awfully long way to go, but the marked increase in satisfaction in General Practice across the Island is a clear sign that we are on the right track.
“This improvement hasn’t come about by accident – it is a direct result of the reform and investment that Labour has delivered. The Tories left our NHS on its knees and Nigel Farage talks about abolishing the NHS as we know it all together – but Labour was elected to save our health service and that is exactly what we are doing.”
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