AN MP is campaigning for patients to be guaranteed an appointment with a GP within 48 hours of calling for an appointment.

Graham Jones, who represents Haslingden and Hyndburn, said people in the area were ‘fed up’ with broken promises about health care.

He said: “Under this government, an issue which has exercised people in Haslingden and Hyndburn above most others has been the closure threats to our local GP and walk-in services at Accrington Victoria Hospital.

“As with everyone I have spoken to locally about this, I want to see more provision, and more services provided in a convenient and patient-centred way.

“I am fully behind Labour’s new guarantee for patients to be able to see a GP within 48 hours, or on the same day if they need to be seen quickly.

“It will ease the pressure across the NHS, and could save millions of pounds by reducing the number of patients going to A&E departments.”