General Practitioners: West Midlands
Commons · Question 92553 · Tabled 19 Nov 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 26 Nov 2025
Question
Asked by Wendy Morton
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to increase GP appointment availability in the West Midlands; and what assessment he has made of primary care staffing levels in Walsall.
Answer
Answered by Stephen Kinnock, 26 Nov 2025
West Midlands sits within the Black Country Integrated Care Board (ICB) where appointment availability in general practice (GP) has increased by 13.8% in September 2025 compared to the same period last year. In October 2024, we invested £160 million into ...