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...