Written questions

General Practitioners: North Yorkshire

Commons · Question 19464 · Tabled 11 Dec 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 18 Dec 2024

Question

Asked by Tom Gordon

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of GP-to-patient ratios in (a) Harrogate and Knaresborough constituency and (b) North Yorkshire in each of the last five years.

Answer

Answered by Stephen Kinnock, 18 Dec 2024

Each general practice (GP) is required to provide services to meet the reasonable needs of their patients. There is no recommendation from NHS England for how many patients a GP should have assigned, or the ratio of GPs or other practice staff to patients...