NHS patients are set to benefit from 8.3 million more appointments each year, with more than 1,000 doctors surgeries due to be upgraded.

The surgeries will receive funding to create additional space to see more patients.

The plans represent the biggest investment in GP facilities for five years.

Health and Social Care Secretary, Wes Streeting, said: "It will be a long road, but this government is putting in the work to fix our NHS and make it fit for the future.

"These are simple fixes for our GP surgeries but for too long they were left to ruin, allowing waiting lists to build and stopping doctors treating more patients.

"It is only because of the necessary decisions we took in the Budget that we are able to invest in GP surgeries, start tackling the 8am scramble and deliver better services for patients. The extra investment and reform this government is making, as part of its Plan for Change, will transform our NHS so it can once again be there for you when you need it."

Prospect Medical Practice in Norwich will create new clinical rooms to deliver more patient consultations, while Harden Health Centre in the Black Country will turn vacant office spaces into clinical consulting rooms.

Dr Amanda Doyle, national director for primary care and community services, said: "We know more needs to be done to improve patient access to general practice and this investment in over one thousand primary care premises will help do this.

"Bringing GP premises up to a similar condition across England is important to improve patient experience of NHS services, while making primary care a better working environment as we seek to retain and recruit more staff.

"It will also help to create additional space and extend the capacity of current premises as we improve access further and bring care closer to the communities where people live as part of the 10 Year Health Plan."