Written questions

General Practitioners: Finance

Commons · Question 11046 · Tabled 24 Oct 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 31 Oct 2024

Question

Asked by Lee Anderson

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much (a) funding and (b) other resources his Department is providing to GP practices to help meet the demand for appointments in the (a) 2024-25 and (b) 2025-26 financial year.

Answer

Answered by Stephen Kinnock, 31 Oct 2024

We hugely value the critical role that general practitioners (GPs) play, and we are determined to address the issues they face by shifting the focus of the National Health Service beyond hospitals and into the community. GPs and primary care have been rec...