General Practitioners: Negligence
2026-06-07 · Department of Health and Social Care · HL745 · Official question
Question
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the answer by Baroness Merron on 17 March (HL Deb col 766), where a referral to a specialist by a GP is made through a single point of access and declined or converted to an advice and guidance response by a sec
Answer
The purpose of the elective Single Point of Access (SPoA) is to ensure patients and practices receive rapid specialist assessment and a clear next step, using modern referral and triage approaches. This is not about using specialist advice as a way to rej...