The government says about one in six of GP practices in England provide funding to help them improve buildings.

About £102 million was provided to expand and modernize the surgery and work began this summer. The government said it was the largest public investment in five years.

It appears that GP service satisfaction reached record levels, and the figures indicate that one in five GPs reported that their practices were not suitable for purpose.

Health Secretary Wes Streeting called it a "important step" but warned that it won't solve all existing problems overnight.

Under the program, certain projects will involve converting office spaces into clinical consulting rooms and establishing new practices.

"These are simple fixes for our GP surgery, but for a long time, they have been destroyed, allowing waiting lists to be established and preventing doctors from treating more patients.

He added: “It is just because of the necessary decisions we make in the budget that we can invest in GP surgery, start solving the 08:00 scramble and providing better services to patients.”

Professor Kamila Hawthorne of GPS Royal College described the financing announcement as an “encouraging interim measure” but said long-term investment is needed to address “infrastructure inadequacies”.

“This not only brings bad experiences to patients and practitioners, but also limits the care and services that practice can provide,” she said.

A survey of social attitudes in the UK published last month found that only 31% of people in the UK are satisfied with NHS GP services – compared to 68% in 2019.

Research by the Government Institute of Independent Think Tank found that patient satisfaction with GP has dropped significantly since the pandemic, driven by fewer human appointments.

About 80% of patients saw GP in person in 2019. Last year, this has dropped to 66%.

Ruth Rankine, head of primary care at the NHS Federation, said doctors will welcome the £102 million increase to "provide high-quality care, closer to home, suitable for the 21st century".

“If we seriously consider transferring care from hospitals to communities, from disease to prevention, and from analog to digital, then ongoing investment, equipment and technology in primary and community estates is crucial,” she added.

It is unclear which of the 6,252 GP surgeries in the NHS in England will benefit from the new funding.

Last month, the government announced it would expand a plan to help GPs provide care to patients without sending them to hospitals and receive £80 million in funding.