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General Practitioners

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to increase the availability of GP appointments.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
24 Mar 2025
Target answer date
26 Mar 2025
Answer
31 Mar 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 24 Mar 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to increase the availability of GP appointments.

  2. 26 Mar 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 31 Mar 2025

    Answer published

    The Government is determined to fix the front door of our National Health Service, making it easier for everyone to see a general practitioner (GP) when they need to.In October 2024, we injected £82 million into the Additional Roles Reimbursement Scheme t...

Open official record

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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