Continuing Care
Commons · Question 98446 · Tabled 9 Dec 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 2 Feb 2026
Question
Asked by Max Wilkinson
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment has his department made of the potential impact of access targets on continuity of care.
Answer
Answered by Stephen Kinnock, 2 Feb 2026
The Government values continuity in general practice, but this is not inconsistent with efforts to improve access, such as via the 24-hour access target where urgent treatment is required.In the 2025/26 contract, one of the domains of the Capacity and Acc...