Question follow-through · 8531

General Practitioners: Witham

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an estimate of the number of FTE GPs at surgeries in the Witham constituency over each of the next five years.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
10 Jun 2026
Target answer date
15 Jun 2026
Answer
17 Jun 2026 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 10 Jun 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an estimate of the number of FTE GPs at surgeries in the Witham constituency over each of the next five years.

  2. 15 Jun 2026

    Target answer date

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  3. 17 Jun 2026

    Answer published

    Whilst no specific estimate has been made, total full-time equivalent general practitioners (GPs) in Witham constituency have increased from 32.9 in April 2022 to 43.29 in April 2026.As independent businesses that hold contracts with the National Health S...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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