Question follow-through · 86725
General Practitioners: Telemedicine
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of his Department's requirement to keep online consultation tools open from 8am to 6:30pm from Monday to Friday on (a) patient safety and (b) GP
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 30 Oct 2025
- Target answer date
- 5 Nov 2025
- Answer
- 21 Nov 2025 · 22 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
- Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading · 11 Sept 2026
- Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 · 8 Sept 2026
- Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 · 8 Sept 2026
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Recorded timeline
30 Oct 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of his Department's requirement to keep online consultation tools open from 8am to 6:30pm from Monday to Friday on (a) patient safety and (b) GP
5 Nov 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
21 Nov 2025
Answer published
The change regarding online access means parity for walk-in, phone and online access. Implementation was deferred by six months to 1 October 2025 so practices could prepare and get support for this transition if needed. The requirement builds on policies ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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