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General Practitioners: Telemedicine

Commons · Question 86381 · Tabled 29 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 13 Nov 2025

Question

Asked by Max Wilkinson

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department made of the potential impact of unlimited online consultations, introduced in the new GP contract, on the ability of GPs to meet patient demand.

Answer

Answered by Stephen Kinnock, 13 Nov 2025

In February 2025 the GPCE agreed to make it a contractual obligation for all GP practices to offer access to online services throughout core hours (8:00am - 18:30pm), bringing online access in line with walk-in and phone access. To support practices in pr...