General Practitioners: Telemedicine
Commons · Question 4447 · Tabled 29 May 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 8 Jul 2026
Question
Asked by Helen Morgan
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of removing limits on the number of requests using the online consultation tool during core hours on GP practices.
Answer
Answered by Stephen Kinnock, 8 Jul 2026
The Government is committed to improving access to general practice by increasing capacity and making it easier for patients to contact their surgery. The contractual change from 1 October 2025 clarified that online consultation tools should be availabl...