Question follow-through · 18343
General Practitioners: Tunbridge Wells
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the current ratio of GPs to patients is in Tunbridge Wells constituency; how this compares to five years ago; whether a threshold exists for the ratio of GPs to patients above which additional
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 13 Jul 2026
- Target answer date
- 16 Jul 2026
- Answer
- 16 Jul 2026 · 3 calendar days after tabling
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- Written question 30177 · 15 Sept 2026
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- Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading · 11 Sept 2026
- Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 · 8 Sept 2026
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Recorded timeline
13 Jul 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the current ratio of GPs to patients is in Tunbridge Wells constituency; how this compares to five years ago; whether a threshold exists for the ratio of GPs to patients above which additional
16 Jul 2026
Target answer date
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16 Jul 2026
Answer published
Tunbridge Wells had 5.1 full time equivalent doctors in general practice (GP) per 10,000 patients in March 2026, the most recent comparable month for which data is available. This compares with 5.2 in March 2021.Each practice is required to provide servic...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Written question 30177
15 Sept 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of establishing a Limb Loss and Limb Difference Liaison Nurse in every ICB to oversee care coordination.