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Commons · Question 37955 · Tabled 12 Mar 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 19 Mar 2025

Question

Asked by Jas Athwal

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of GP provision in (a) England, (b) London and (c) Ilford South constituency; and what steps he is taking to improve patient access.

Answer

Answered by Stephen Kinnock, 19 Mar 2025

Ilford South sits within the North East London Integrated Care Board (ICB). Since June 2018, there has been an increase of 45 full-time equivalent (FTE) general practitioners (GPs) in the ICB; in the London region, there has been an increase of 411 FTE GP...