General Practitioners: Bedfordshire
Commons · Question 79821 · Tabled 10 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 29 Oct 2025
Question
Asked by Blake Stephenson
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an estimate of the number of GPs per head of population in Bedfordshire by 2035, in the context of the 10 Year Health Plan.
Answer
Answered by Stephen Kinnock, 29 Oct 2025
Each general practice (GP) is required to provide services to meet the reasonable needs of their patients. There is no NHS England recommendation for how many patients a GP should have assigned, or the ratio of GPs or other practice staff to patients. The...