Bupa is launching a “Netflix-style” private GP subscription service from £17 a month as satisfaction with family doctors falls to a record low.
The private health insurer came up with the plan after a survey found that 32 percent of people would value paid access to a GP or dentist over a subscription television service.
The service, which costs £16.99 a month or £200 a year, would give customers the ability to have telephone or video appointments with a doctor.
For £21.66 or £260 a year, customers will also be entitled to face-to-face appointments at any of Bupa’s 54 clinics. Both services include free delivery of prescriptions to their home or a nearby pharmacy.
Bupa launches ‘Netflix’-style private GP subscription service from £17 a month as satisfaction with family doctors falls to a record low (file photo)
Public satisfaction with GP services earlier this year was just 34 per cent, according to a survey of British social attitudes.
A survey by Censuswide for Bupa also found that a third of adults find it difficult to get a GP appointment and 31 per cent wait more than a week to see a doctor.
Dr Elizabeth Rogers, from Bupa Health Clinics, said: “Our Netflix-style GP subscription gives customers easy access to same-day doctor appointments and 24/7 access to our Anytime Healthline.”
