Question follow-through · 118091
General Practitioners: Standards
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate his Department has made of the number of GPs that will be needed to ensure that patients deemed clinically urgent are dealt with on the same day.
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 4 Mar 2026
- Target answer date
- 9 Mar 2026
- Answer
- 12 Mar 2026 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
4 Mar 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate his Department has made of the number of GPs that will be needed to ensure that patients deemed clinically urgent are dealt with on the same day.
9 Mar 2026
Target answer date
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12 Mar 2026
Answer published
As a result of actions taken by the Government, we have the highest number of fully qualified general practitioners (GPs) since 2015. As of 31 December, there are also over 43,000 full-time equivalent (FTE) direct patient care staff working in GPs. We are...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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