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General Practitioners

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve GP to patient ratios.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
2 Jan 2026
Target answer date
6 Jan 2026
Answer
23 Jan 2026 · 21 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 2 Jan 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve GP to patient ratios.

  2. 6 Jan 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 23 Jan 2026

    Answer published

    We are starting to see consistent growth in the general practice (GP) workforce. We have funded primary care networks with an additional £160 million to recruit recently qualified GPs through the Additional Roles Reimbursement Scheme. Over 2,500 individua...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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