General Practitioners: Rural Areas
Commons · Question 61998 · Tabled 23 Jun 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 1 Jul 2025
Question
Asked by Ben Maguire
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to (a) recruit and (b) retain General Practitioner doctors in (i) North Cornwall constituency and (ii) other rural areas.
Answer
Answered by Stephen Kinnock, 1 Jul 2025
In the North Cornwall constituency, as of 30 April 2025, there were 61.5 full time equivalent (FTE) doctors in general practices (GPs), an increase of 2.4 FTE compared to April 2024.We acknowledge the urgent challenge of ensuring that rural areas have the...