GPs must learn e-efficiency from Easyjet, says Jeremy Hunt Praising the initiative, Mr Hunt said: "There are three additional things that we need GPs to do, that we don't have any more money to offer for them to do, because the money is not there. They are be open longer hours, more proactive management of frail, elderly and people with long term conditions ... and more proactive early diagnosis of people in high-risk groups, so we pick up more things like cancer and diabetes. He continued: "So it's incredibly important to see if there is a way of turning 10 minutes into one minute." Describing the NHS as "a bit behind" other areas when it came to "harnessing the efficiency of IT," he added: "The encouraging thing is if you look at other industries they have found those efficiency savings. So, online banking, online booking of air tickets - everyone would accept that there are substantial savings with the whole Easyjet model. But Dr Chaand Nagpaul, the British Medical Association's lead on IT, described Mr Hunt's comparison as "simplistic," as big NHS users like the elderly often did not have online access. "What patients and GPs actually want is for consultation times to go up from 10 to 20 minutes," he claimed. Nobody at the BMA is against using technology to save GPs time, but we have to be careful. Are 60 second GP slots a good idea?