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	registered interest
	date	12/06/2018
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	General Practitioners: Standards
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the average waiting time is for a patient to receive a GP appointment in (a) England, (b) County Durham and (c) Easington constituency.
	tabling member constituency	Easington
	tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
	uin	152733
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/06/2018 answer text <p>The average waiting time for a general practitioner (GP) appointment is not collected or held centrally. In the 2017 GP patient survey 70.8% of respondents (who could remember whether or not they were able to get an appointment, and when they wanted the appointment) stated they saw or spoke to someone at a time they wanted to or sooner. NHS England is working with NHS Digital to consider ways of improving the availability and quality of GP data, including waiting times data.</p><p> </p><p>The Department currently has no plans to introduce a maximum waiting time. However, efforts are being made to ensure everyone has easier and more convenient access to GP services, including appointments at evenings and weekends. The latest National Health Service planning guidance, published by NHS England in February 2018, confirmed that more than half the country is now benefitting from improved access, including access to pre-bookable and same day appointments on weekday evenings and at weekends, and these will be available across the whole country by October this year.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine grouped question UIN 152734 question first answered 15/06/2018 14:57:30 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

922446

	registered interest
	date	12/06/2018
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	General Practitioners: Standards
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if will he introduce a maximum waiting time target for patients to receive a GP appointment.
	tabling member constituency	Easington
	tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
	uin	152734
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/06/2018 answer text <p>The average waiting time for a general practitioner (GP) appointment is not collected or held centrally. In the 2017 GP patient survey 70.8% of respondents (who could remember whether or not they were able to get an appointment, and when they wanted the appointment) stated they saw or spoke to someone at a time they wanted to or sooner. NHS England is working with NHS Digital to consider ways of improving the availability and quality of GP data, including waiting times data.</p><p> </p><p>The Department currently has no plans to introduce a maximum waiting time. However, efforts are being made to ensure everyone has easier and more convenient access to GP services, including appointments at evenings and weekends. The latest National Health Service planning guidance, published by NHS England in February 2018, confirmed that more than half the country is now benefitting from improved access, including access to pre-bookable and same day appointments on weekday evenings and at weekends, and these will be available across the whole country by October this year.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine grouped question UIN 152733 question first answered 15/06/2018 14:57:30 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris