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registered interest
date	13/12/2018
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 steps he is taking to reduce the number of patients waiting at least three weeks to see a GP.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	202044
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2018 answer text <p>The Government has committed to ensuring everyone across the country has easier and more convenient access to general practice services, including appointments in the evenings and weekends.</p><p> </p><p>The latest National Health Service planning guidance, issued by NHS England in February 2018, brought forward the deadline for clinical commissioning groups to provide extended access to general practice services to 1 October 2018, to ensure additional capacity is in place ahead of winter 2018. This includes ensuring that access is available during peak times of demand, including bank holidays and across the Easter, Christmas and New Year periods.</p><p> </p><p>NHS England and Health Education England (HEE) are working together with the profession to increase the general practitioner (GP) workforce. This includes measures to boost recruitment, address the reasons why GPs are leaving the profession, and encourage GPs to return to practice.</p><p> </p><p>The number of doctors entering GP speciality training has been increasing year on year, this year HEE recruited the highest number of GP trainees ever - 3,473 GP trainees against a target of 3,250, a 10% increase on last year.</p><p> </p><p>Greater skill mix is also key to releasing capacity in general practice, we have committed to investment in the multidisciplinary workforce in general practice. As of June 2018, there were</p><p>over 3,300 additional clinical staff, excluding GPs, working in general practice since 2015; consisting of over 500 more nurses and 2,800 more other direct patient care.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 18/12/2018 17:06:19 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

973274

registered interest
date	13/09/2018
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 to see a GP in (a) Jarrow constituency, and (b) South Tyneside, (c) Tyne and Wear, (d) the North East and (e) England was in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Jarrow
tabling member printed	Mr Stephen Hepburn
uin	174643
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/10/2018 answer text <p>The average waiting time for a general practitioner (GP) appointment is not collected or held centrally. In the 2018 GP patient survey 61.6% 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 Government has committed to improving access to general practice services by 2019. This includes ensuring there are sufficient routine appointments available at evenings and weekends to meet locally determined demand, alongside effective access to out of hours and urgent care services. The latest National Health Service planning guidance, issued by NHS England in February 2018, requires clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) to provide extended access to general practice to their whole population by 1 October 2018, to ensure additional capacity is in place ahead of winter 2018.</p><p> </p><p>The General Practice Forward View (GP Forward View), published in April 2016, commits to increasing investment in General Practice by £2.4 billion a year by 2020/21 from £9.7 billion in 2015/16 to over £12 billion by 2020/21 – a 14% real-terms increase. This investment will improve patient care and access, and facilitate new ways of providing primary care.</p><p> </p><p>Commissioners of primary medical care services monitor practice catchment areas to ensure that all areas of the country have primary medical care cover, and through an annual review of every primary medical care contract are aware of local primary medical care capacity and how this meets demand.</p><p> </p><p>Practices are funded on a weighted population basis and therefore, where populations grow gradually, practices receive additional investment to take on new patients which allows them to grow to maintain services for patients. There has been a national trend in practices becoming larger, employing more staff and operating with a more diverse workforce in order to meet rising demand.</p><p> </p><p>NHS South Tyneside CCG advises it has a number of schemes in place which maximise the availability of GP appointments. This includes support to diversify the workforce, a well-developed “Think Pharmacy First” scheme in South Tyneside community pharmacies and an extended access service which has offered approximately 15,000 additional appointments over the last nine months. Electronic consultations are also currently being piloted in the area.</p><p> </p><p>NHS England Cumbria and the North East advises it also has a number of schemes in place to increase capacity in general practice. This includes a pilot of a tool to analyse workforce, capacity and demand and some CCGs are offering online consultations with more practices due to offer this service later this year. 45 practices have also received funding through the national resilience programme and the CCG has acquired funding for up to 25 GPs to take part in the Local GP Retention Fund to support retention of the workforce.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine grouped question UIN 174642 question first answered 10/10/2018 12:55:30 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	520 label Biography information for Mr Stephen Hepburn

968368

registered interest
date	05/09/2018
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 to see a GP in England was in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	170916
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2018 answer text <p>The average waiting time for a general practitioner (GP) appointment is not collected or held centrally. In the 2018 GP patient survey 61.6% 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 Government has committed to improving access to general practice services by 2019. This includes ensuring there are sufficient routine appointments available at evenings and weekends to meet locally determined demand, alongside effective access to out of hours and urgent care services. The latest National Health Service planning guidance, issued by NHS England in February 2018, requires clinical commissioning groups to provide extended access to general practice to their whole population by 1 October 2018, to ensure additional capacity is in place ahead of winter 2018.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 13/09/2018 13:15:08 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

945559

registered interest
date	20/07/2018
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 target his Department has set for receiving a GP appointment; and what the average waiting time is for a GP appointment in (a) England and (b) Gloucestershire in the most recent period for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Gloucester
tabling member printed	Richard Graham
uin	166485
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2018 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> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 25/07/2018 15:47:49 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	3990 label Biography information for Richard Graham

922444

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

724171

registered interest
date	25/04/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
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, what the average waiting time was for a GP appointment in (a) Woking constituency, (b) Surrey, (c) the South East and (d) England in each of the last seven years.
tabling member constituency	Woking
tabling member printed	Mr Jonathan Lord
uin	71937
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2017 answer text <p>Information on the average waiting time for general practitioner (GP) appointments at local and national level is not collected or held centrally.</p><p> </p><p>The GP Patient Survey, published by NHS England, asks respondents across England how long it took for them to see a GP or a nurse after contacting their practice. The full set of survey releases can be found here:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://gp-patient.co.uk/surveys-and-reports" target="_blank">https://gp-patient.co.uk/surveys-and-reports</a></p><p> </p><p>According to the latest release, published in July 2016:</p><p> </p><p>- Almost two in five patients (37.6%) said that they were able to see or speak to someone on the same day as initially contacting the surgery,</p><p>- One in ten (10.7%) saw someone on the next working day,</p><p>- Three in ten patients (29.3%) saw or spoke to someone a few days later,</p><p>- 18.6% waited a week or more to see or speak to someone.</p><p>This does not take account of circumstances where patients express a preference to pre-book an appointment for a later date.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is committed to improving access to general practice. By 2020, everyone will have access to routine evening and weekend appointments.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Warrington South answering member printed David Mowat question first answered 27/04/2017 07:28:23 answering member 4080 label Biography information for David Mowat
tabling member	4090 label Biography information for Mr Jonathan Lord

722499

registered interest
date	19/04/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
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, what the average waiting time was for a GP appointment in (a) Bristol East, (b) Bristol and (c) the UK in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Bristol East
tabling member printed	Kerry McCarthy
uin	71384
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2017 answer text <p>Information on the average waiting time for general practitioner (GP) appointments at local and national level is not collected or held centrally.</p><p> </p><p>The GP Patient Survey, published by NHS England, asks respondents how long it took for them to see a GP or a nurse after contacting their practice. The full set of survey releases can be found here:</p><p><a href="https://gp-patient.co.uk/surveys-and-reports" target="_blank">https://gp-patient.co.uk/surveys-and-reports</a></p><p> </p><p>The Government is committed to improving access to general practice. By 2020, everyone will have access to routine evening and weekend appointments. In Bristol there are a number of initiatives in place to increase GP access. For example, network practices, such as One Care Consortium, are currently offering extra pre-bookable GP appointments on weekends and bank holidays.</p> answering member constituency Warrington South answering member printed David Mowat question first answered 24/04/2017 11:01:44 answering member 4080 label Biography information for David Mowat
tabling member	1491 label Biography information for Kerry McCarthy

714146

registered interest
date	27/03/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
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, what proportion of people are waiting a week or more to see or speak to a GP; and what assessment he has made of the effects of access to GPs on attendances at accident and emergency departments.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
uin	69147
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/03/2017 answer text <p>According to the latest GP Patient Survey, published in July 2016, 19.3% of patients saw or spoke to a health professional a week or more after initially contacting their surgery for an appointment. However, of those who waited a week or more, 33.3% said they wanted an appointment a week or more later, and 28.6% said they didn’t have a specific day in mind. 0.7% of total survey respondents said that they went to accident and emergency last time they wanted to see or speak to a general practitioner (GP) or nurse at their GP surgery, because they were not able to get an appointment or were offered an inconvenient appointment.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Government is committed to improving access to general practice, in part to reduce pressure on other parts of the National Health Service. By 2020, everyone will have access to routine evening and weekend appointments. We are, therefore, increasing investment in general practice by £2.4 billion by 2020/21 – this represents a 14% real terms increase. We are also committed to increasing the number of doctors working in general practice by 5,000 by 2020, in addition to providing another 5,000 extra other staff, for example mental health therapists and clinical pharmacists. Health Education England recruited the highest ever number of GP trainees in 2016.</p> answering member constituency Warrington South answering member printed David Mowat question first answered 30/03/2017 13:06:21 answering member 4080 label Biography information for David Mowat
tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

385858

registered interest
date	25/06/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
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, what proportion of people in England and Wales are waiting for a week or more for an appointment with a GP; and what steps he is taking to decrease the length of such waits.
tabling member constituency	Upper Bann
tabling member printed	David Simpson
uin	4330
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2015 answer text <p>The data on waiting times to see a general practitioner (GP) in England is not held centrally. The waiting times to see a GP in Wales is a matter for the Welsh Assembly.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Prime Minister’s Access Fund has so far invested £175 million (including £25 million from the £1 billion Infrastructure Fund) in 57 schemes in England covering over 2,500 practices. This means that a third of the country (over 18 million patients) will have benefitted from improved access and transformational change at local level by March 2016. These schemes include longer opening times, such as evenings and weekends, but also different ways of accessing services, such as online and by telephone.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 03/07/2015 11:38:17 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	1597 label Biography information for David Simpson