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1544493

	registered interest
	date	22/11/2022
	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 estimate he has made of the average time people in (a) England (b) Greater London, and (c) Feltham and Heston constituency waited for a GP appointment in the last 12 months.
	tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
	tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
	uin	93548
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2022 answer text <p>No specific estimate has been made.</p> answering member constituency Harborough answering member printed Neil O'Brien question first answered 29/11/2022 14:29:11 answering member 4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien previous answer version 37828 answering member constituency Harborough answering member printed Neil O'Brien answering member 4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien
	tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra

1681256

	registered interest
	date	10/01/2024
	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 her Department is taking to reduce waiting times for non-urgent GP appointments in (a) the UK, (b) rural areas and (c) North Shropshire constituency.
	tabling member constituency	North Shropshire
	tabling member printed	Helen Morgan
	uin	9117
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2024 answer text <p>NHS England publishes monthly data on general practice appointments, including the approximate length of time between appointments being booked and taking place, although this is not a proxy for waiting times. There are several factors which can influence the timing of appointments, and it is not possible to estimate the time between the patient’s first attempt to contact their surgery and an appointment.</p><p>In England, in November 2023, 42.6% of appointments took place on the same day as they were booked, and 82.7% took place within two weeks of booking. In the Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin Integrated Care Board, 45% of 257,650 general practitioner appointments in November 2023 occurred on the same day and 83.6% within 14 days. NHS England does not, however, publish appointment data at United Kingdom or constituency level or include information on rurality in this publication.</p><p>We have set an expectation that everyone who needs an appointment at a general practice should get one within two weeks, with the most urgent patients being seen on the same day.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom grouped question UIN 9115 9116 question first answered 15/01/2024 16:27:28 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
	tabling member	4934 label Biography information for Helen Morgan

1681255

	registered interest
	date	10/01/2024
	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 was for a non-urgent GP appointment in (a) rural and (b) urban areas in the latest period for which data is available.
	tabling member constituency	North Shropshire
	tabling member printed	Helen Morgan
	uin	9116
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2024 answer text <p>NHS England publishes monthly data on general practice appointments, including the approximate length of time between appointments being booked and taking place, although this is not a proxy for waiting times. There are several factors which can influence the timing of appointments, and it is not possible to estimate the time between the patient’s first attempt to contact their surgery and an appointment.</p><p>In England, in November 2023, 42.6% of appointments took place on the same day as they were booked, and 82.7% took place within two weeks of booking. In the Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin Integrated Care Board, 45% of 257,650 general practitioner appointments in November 2023 occurred on the same day and 83.6% within 14 days. NHS England does not, however, publish appointment data at United Kingdom or constituency level or include information on rurality in this publication.</p><p>We have set an expectation that everyone who needs an appointment at a general practice should get one within two weeks, with the most urgent patients being seen on the same day.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom grouped question UIN 9115 9117 question first answered 15/01/2024 16:27:28 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
	tabling member	4934 label Biography information for Helen Morgan

1681254

	registered interest
	date	10/01/2024
	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 was for a non-urgent GP appointment in (a) the UK and (b) North Shropshire constituency in the latest period for which data is available.
	tabling member constituency	North Shropshire
	tabling member printed	Helen Morgan
	uin	9115
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2024 answer text <p>NHS England publishes monthly data on general practice appointments, including the approximate length of time between appointments being booked and taking place, although this is not a proxy for waiting times. There are several factors which can influence the timing of appointments, and it is not possible to estimate the time between the patient’s first attempt to contact their surgery and an appointment.</p><p>In England, in November 2023, 42.6% of appointments took place on the same day as they were booked, and 82.7% took place within two weeks of booking. In the Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin Integrated Care Board, 45% of 257,650 general practitioner appointments in November 2023 occurred on the same day and 83.6% within 14 days. NHS England does not, however, publish appointment data at United Kingdom or constituency level or include information on rurality in this publication.</p><p>We have set an expectation that everyone who needs an appointment at a general practice should get one within two weeks, with the most urgent patients being seen on the same day.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom grouped question UIN 9116 9117 question first answered 15/01/2024 16:27:28 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
	tabling member	4934 label Biography information for Helen Morgan

1346004

	registered interest
	date	13/07/2021
	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	What steps he is taking to help improve the quality of local GP practices.
	tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
	tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
	uin	902652
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2021 answer text <p>In January 2019 a five-year framework for general practitioner (GP) contract reform was agreed to implement the commitments made in the NHS Long Term Plan, including care quality and outcomes improvement.</p><p>In 2020 we also committed at least an additional £1.5 billion for general practice until 2023 to support our commitment to recruit 26,000 extra staff to support GPs and ensure patients have better access to a wider range of health professionals.</p><p>We have also made an additional investment of an extra £4.5 billion a year by 2023/24 in primary and community care.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 13/07/2021 17:00:34 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
	tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

1383947

	registered interest
	date	01/12/2021
	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 recent steps he has taken to reduce waiting times for patients wishing to have a GP appointment (a) in person and (b) by telephone.
	tabling member constituency	Slough
	tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
	uin	85359
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2021 answer text <p>On 14 October, we published ‘Our plan for improving access for patients and supporting general practice to support general practice’. This included a £250 million Winter Access Fund to improve the capacity of general practitioner (GP) practices and increase the number of face-to-face appointments, while also investing in technology to make it easier for patients to see or speak to their GP. We announced additional funding for NHS England to implement the adoption of cloud-based telephony technology across all practices. We remain committed to creating an extra 50 million appointments a year in general practice by increasing and diversifying the workforce.</p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield grouped question UIN 85358 question first answered 06/12/2021 13:48:58 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
	tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1383946

	registered interest
	date	01/12/2021
	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 GP waiting times for (a) telephone and (b) in-person appointments.
	tabling member constituency	Slough
	tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
	uin	85358
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2021 answer text <p>On 14 October, we published ‘Our plan for improving access for patients and supporting general practice to support general practice’. This included a £250 million Winter Access Fund to improve the capacity of general practitioner (GP) practices and increase the number of face-to-face appointments, while also investing in technology to make it easier for patients to see or speak to their GP. We announced additional funding for NHS England to implement the adoption of cloud-based telephony technology across all practices. We remain committed to creating an extra 50 million appointments a year in general practice by increasing and diversifying the workforce.</p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield grouped question UIN 85359 question first answered 06/12/2021 13:48:58 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
	tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1381525

	registered interest
	date	23/11/2021
	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 is the average waiting time to speak to a receptionist at a GP surgery in the UK.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
	tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
	uin	80305
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/11/2021 answer text <p>This data is not collected centrally.</p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 26/11/2021 13:30:30 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
	tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

1381524

	registered interest
	date	23/11/2021
	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 is the average waiting time for a (a) face-to-face and (b) telephone GP appointments in the UK.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
	tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
	uin	80304
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/11/2021 answer text <p>This data is not collected centrally.</p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 26/11/2021 13:32:07 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
	tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

1537446

	registered interest
	date	31/10/2022
	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 progress the Government has made on meeting the target to deliver 50 million extra general practice appointments a year; and what steps he is taking to increase access to a GP in Workington.
	tabling member constituency	Workington
	tabling member printed	Mark Jenkinson
	uin	74918
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2022 answer text <p><strong> </strong>In the 12 months to September 2022, there were an estimated 325.2 million appointments in general practice in England, excluding COVID-19 vaccinations. This is an increase of 7.3% compared to the 12 months to September 2021. On 22 September 2022, we announced ‘Our plan for patients’, which sets out how we will deliver an addition one million appointments this winter and the expectation that patients who need an appointment within two weeks will receive one, with urgent cases being seen on the same day, including in Workington.</p><p>We have committed to publishing practice-level appointment data to assist patients to make an informed choice on the appropriate practice for their needs. We have also set out measures to help patients book appointments more easily and benefit from more options for care, such as community pharmacy. NHS England has offered a short-term telephony solution to all general practitioner (GP) practices, to increase capacity for incoming calls. From December, NHS England will accelerate the delivery of a framework to support all practices to secure cloud-based telephony systems. We will also assist general practices to recruit a range of health professionals to increase appointment capacity, such as GP assistants and advanced practitioners.</p> answering member constituency Harborough answering member printed Neil O'Brien question first answered 03/11/2022 17:44:51 answering member 4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien
	tabling member	4752 label Biography information for Mark Jenkinson