Question follow-through · 116296
General Practitioners: Standards
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve timely access to general practice appointments.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 26 Feb 2026
- Target answer date
- 2 Mar 2026
- Answer
- 9 Mar 2026 · 11 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
26 Feb 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve timely access to general practice appointments.
2 Mar 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
9 Mar 2026
Answer published
We are committed to improving timely access to general practice appointments. Last year, we delivered 6.8 million more appointments in general practices. Since October 2024, we have invested £160 million into the Additional Roles Reimbursement Scheme (ARR...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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