Question follow-through · 93537
General Practitioners: Rural Areas and Urban Areas
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of patients have waited more than 21 days for a GP practice appointment in (a) rural and (b) urban areas in 2025.
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 21 Nov 2025
- Target answer date
- 25 Nov 2025
- Answer
- 2 Dec 2025 · 11 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
21 Nov 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of patients have waited more than 21 days for a GP practice appointment in (a) rural and (b) urban areas in 2025.
25 Nov 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
2 Dec 2025
Answer published
NHS England publishes monthly data on general practice appointments (GPAD), including the approximate length of time between appointments being booked and taking place, although this is not a proxy for “waiting times”. There are a number of factors which ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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General Practitioners: Internet
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