Question follow-through · 11046

General Practitioners: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much (a) funding and (b) other resources his Department is providing to GP practices to help meet the demand for appointments in the (a) 2024-25 and (b) 2025-26 financial year.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
24 Oct 2024
Target answer date
28 Oct 2024
Answer
31 Oct 2024 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 24 Oct 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much (a) funding and (b) other resources his Department is providing to GP practices to help meet the demand for appointments in the (a) 2024-25 and (b) 2025-26 financial year.

  2. 28 Oct 2024

    Target answer date

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  3. 31 Oct 2024

    Answer published

    We hugely value the critical role that general practitioners (GPs) play, and we are determined to address the issues they face by shifting the focus of the National Health Service beyond hospitals and into the community. GPs and primary care have been rec...

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