General Practitioners: Finance
Commons · Question 74051 · Tabled 1 Sep 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 16 Oct 2025
Question
Asked by Martin Wrigley
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his polices of regional variances in GP surgery expansion approvals under the integrated care board-led funding mechanism.
Answer
Answered by Stephen Kinnock, 16 Oct 2025
Primary care funding is formulated within NHS England allocations, which account for elements of population growth and other factors such as weighted need. The allocations process uses a statistical formula to make geographic distribution fair and objecti...