evidence: Free GP services are being made available to an additional 215,000 people from today as part of a Government drive to bring up to 500,000 more people into the service this year. [...] The move to provide more free GP visit cards follows the August expansion of the free GP scheme to include 78,000 children aged six and seven. [...] The free GP service will be expanded to include a further 215,000 people in November when the means-test income thresholds increase again.