General Practitioners: Travellers
Lords · Question HL1692 · Tabled 16 Oct 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 30 Oct 2024
Question
Asked by Baroness Whitaker
To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they have taken to ensure that nomadic Gypsy and Traveller patients are not wrongfully refused access to GP services.
Answer
Answered by Baroness Merron, 30 Oct 2024
We are very clear that a general practice (GP) cannot refuse registering a patient based on the race or ethnicity, gender, social class, age, religion, sexual orientation, appearance, disability, or medical conditions of the patient. This encompasses pati...