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General Practitioners

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve patient access to GPs.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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

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Recorded timeline

  1. 7 Jan 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve patient access to GPs.

  2. 13 Jan 2026

    Target answer date

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  3. 13 Jan 2026

    Answer published

    In our manifesto we said that we will end the 8am scramble, and that is precisely what we are doing. In September 2024, patient satisfaction with ease of accessing their GPs stood at just 61%, today it stands at 73%. This is huge progress, but we still ...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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