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General Practitioners: Finance

Commons · Question 23079 · Tabled 9 Jan 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 15 Jan 2025

Question

Asked by James MacCleary

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to update guidance on how funds are allocated to GP surgeries in places with high demand such as Seaford, East Essex.

Answer

Answered by Stephen Kinnock, 15 Jan 2025

There are currently no plans to update how funding is allocated to general practice (GP) surgeries. GP practices receive funding through a range of income streams in return for providing services specified in the GP contract. ‘Global sum’, which is the fu...