General Practitioners: Patients
Commons · Question 76149 · Tabled 9 Sep 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 16 Sep 2025
Question
Asked by Peter Fortune
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has a target of number of registered patients per GP.
Answer
Answered by Stephen Kinnock, 16 Sep 2025
Each general practice is required to provide services to meet the reasonable needs of their patients. There is no NHS England recommendation for how many patients a general practitioner (GP) should have assigned, or the ratio of GPs or other practice staf...