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Primary Care: Digital Technology

Commons · Question 94393 · Tabled 25 Nov 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 1 Dec 2025

Question

Asked by Patrick Spencer

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that digital exclusion is not a barrier to accessing primary care.

Answer

Answered by Zubir Ahmed, 1 Dec 2025

Digital technology is being used to help health and care professionals communicate better and enable people to access the care they need quickly and easily, when it suits them.Since 1 October, general practices (GPs) have been required to keep their onlin...