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Primary Care: Digital Technology

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to take steps to enable all patients to book primary care appointments through the NHS app.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
17 Apr 2025
Target answer date
23 Apr 2025
Answer
28 Apr 2025 · 11 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 17 Apr 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to take steps to enable all patients to book primary care appointments through the NHS app.

  2. 23 Apr 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 28 Apr 2025

    Answer published

    Currently, patients can book general practitioner (GP) appointments via the NHS App. Availability of GP appointments is dependent on practices making their appointments available online. Many practices use triage processes to make an initial assessment of...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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