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General Practitioners: Travel

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has issued guidance on the maximum distance that a patient should travel to see their registered GP.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
21 Jul 2025
Target answer date
1 Sept 2025
Answer
1 Sept 2025 · 42 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 21 Jul 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has issued guidance on the maximum distance that a patient should travel to see their registered GP.

  2. 1 Sept 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 1 Sept 2025

    Answer published

    As part of the arrangements for the provision of primary medical services, general practices (GPs) are required to agree an area within which they will accept patients onto their list. This ensures there is a sufficient distribution of GPs for all patient...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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