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General Practitioners

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he plans to take to improve the (a) performance of and (b) patient experience at the GP practices in the bottom 5% of the 2024 GP Patient Survey.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
18 Nov 2024
Target answer date
21 Nov 2024
Answer
21 Nov 2024 · 3 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 18 Nov 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he plans to take to improve the (a) performance of and (b) patient experience at the GP practices in the bottom 5% of the 2024 GP Patient Survey.

  2. 21 Nov 2024

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 21 Nov 2024

    Answer published

    We know that general practices (GPs) are working hard to deliver for their patients, and are delivering more appointments than ever before, however we know that some patients are struggling to access the care they need, and GPs are struggling to deliver i...

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Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.

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