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General Practitioners: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent steps he has taken to increase access to GP appointments.

answeredCameron ThomasDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
19 Mar 2025
Target answer date
25 Mar 2025
Answer
25 Mar 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 19 Mar 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent steps he has taken to increase access to GP appointments.

  2. 25 Mar 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 25 Mar 2025

    Answer published

    We’re investing an additional £889 million in funding for general practice in 2025-26, the biggest boost in years, and are recruiting 1,000 new GPs.With this funding, we are making important reforms to bring back the family doctor and allow patients to re...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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