Written questions

General Practitioners: Recruitment

Commons · Question 33261 · Tabled 24 Feb 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 5 Mar 2025

Question

Asked by Chris Coghlan

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to increase the number of GP positions in the UK.

Answer

Answered by Stephen Kinnock, 5 Mar 2025

We hugely value the critical role that general practitioners (GPs) play and are determined to address the issues they face by shifting the focus of the National Health Service beyond hospitals and into the community.The Government committed to recruiting ...