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Question follow-through · 85519

General Practitioners

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how his Department measures the (a) accessibility of GPs and (b) GPs' workload.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
27 Oct 2025
Target answer date
29 Oct 2025
Answer
5 Nov 2025 · 9 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 27 Oct 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how his Department measures the (a) accessibility of GPs and (b) GPs' workload.

  2. 29 Oct 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 5 Nov 2025

    Answer published

    The General Practice Patient Survey (GPPS) measures patient satisfaction and ease of access to general practice (GP) services. The Ely and East Cambridgeshire constituency sits within the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Integrated Care Board, where 69% of...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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