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1714031

registered interest
date	26/04/2024
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many full-time equivalent GPs worked in the NHS in England in each financial year since 2009-10.
tabling member constituency	Central Suffolk and North Ipswich
tabling member printed	Dr Dan Poulter
uin	23843
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/05/2024 answer text <p>The information requested is publicly available and can be accessed here:</p><p><a href="https://digital.nhs.uk/data-and-information/publications/statistical/general-and-personal-medical-services/30-september-2023" target="_blank">https://digital.nhs.uk/data-and-information/publications/statistical/general-and-personal-medical-services/30-september-2023</a></p><p>and</p><p><a href="https://digital.nhs.uk/data-and-information/publications/statistical/general-and-personal-medical-services/2004-2014-as-at-30-september" target="_blank">https://digital.nhs.uk/data-and-information/publications/statistical/general-and-personal-medical-services/2004-2014-as-at-30-september</a></p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 15/05/2024 13:46:05 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter

1700720

registered interest
date	15/04/2024
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
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to review the convenience and efficacy of the systems used by NHS GP practices for patients to make an appointment to see a doctor.
tabling member printed	Lord Birt
uin	HL3719
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2024 answer text <p>We published our Delivery plan for recovering access to primary care in May 2023, which sets out how we are moving toward a ‘Modern General Practice’ model. This plan is backed by £240 million of retargeted funding going to provide digital services with the goal of increasing access. A copy of the plan is attached.</p><p>The sole method for general practices (GPs) to procure these digital services is via NHS England procurement frameworks, which list pre-approved suppliers for digital and IT services. This is to ensure consistency in service provisions, as each supplier must meet a set of requirements to be entered into a framework.</p><p>Each practice will run a procurement for these services and will select a supplier based on their differing specifications for how the IT systems will best meet their patients’ needs. Each supplier will offer varied services with varied benefits, including capabilities which allow patients and service users to request and receive support relating to healthcare concerns, at a time and place convenient for them.</p><p>As of March 2024, 93% of general practices now have digital telephony systems, this has enabled GP teams to manage multiple calls and helping to end the ‘8am rush’ for appointments. Trials show that this has increased patients’ ability to get through to their practice by almost a third.</p> answering member printed Lord Markham question first answered 25/04/2024 14:22:53 answering member 4948 label Biography information for Lord Markham attachment 1 file name PRN00283-delivery-plan-for-recovering-access-to-primary-care-may-2023.pdf title Delivery plan for recovering access
tabling member	2533 label Biography information for Lord Birt

1694116

registered interest
date	06/03/2024
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of GP practices used the GP online appointment booking feature to make appointments available (a) online and (b) through the NHS App in 2023.
tabling member constituency	Ilford North
tabling member printed	Wes Streeting
uin	17388
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2024 answer text <p>General practices (GPs) that have enabled the functionality of booking appointments digitally can offer this through a number of different Online Consultation Systems (OCS), including the NHS App. The Department does not hold data showing which system is used by each GP.</p><p>Of the 78% of GPs that have an operating OCS, 44.1% enabled their patients to book or cancel appointments within the last 12 months. In 2023, an estimated 2,160,594 GP appointments were booked through the NHS App.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom grouped question UIN 17389 question first answered 12/03/2024 18:44:42 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom previous answer version 23165 answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	4504 label Biography information for Wes Streeting

1694117

registered interest
date	06/03/2024
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many GP appointments were (a) available and (b) booked by patients (i) online and (ii) through the NHS App in 2023.
tabling member constituency	Ilford North
tabling member printed	Wes Streeting
uin	17389
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2024 answer text <p>General practices (GPs) that have enabled the functionality of booking appointments digitally can offer this through a number of different Online Consultation Systems (OCS), including the NHS App. The Department does not hold data showing which system is used by each GP.</p><p>Of the 78% of GPs that have an operating OCS, 44.1% enabled their patients to book or cancel appointments within the last 12 months. In 2023, an estimated 2,160,594 GP appointments were booked through the NHS App.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom grouped question UIN 17388 question first answered 12/03/2024 18:44:42 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom previous answer version 23167 answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	4504 label Biography information for Wes Streeting

1688319

registered interest
date	07/02/2024
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
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government for each year in England since 2008, how many (1) GP surgeries (including branch practices) were open, (2) GP surgeries (including branch practices) were newly opened, and (3) GP practices were operating.
tabling member printed	Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
uin	HL2289
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/02/2024 answer text <p>Data prior to 2013 is not available. The following table shows the number of open practices and newly opened practices, including branches, each September from 2013 to September 2023, the most recent period for which data is available:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Open practices</p></td><td><p>Newly opened practices</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>9,577</p></td><td><p>51</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p><br> 9,559</p></td><td><p>63</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>9,646</p></td><td><p>154</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>9,540</p></td><td><p>99</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>9,460</p></td><td><p>118</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>9,463</p></td><td><p>203</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019</p></td><td><p>9,326</p></td><td><p>168</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020</p></td><td><p>9,168</p></td><td><p>97</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021</p></td><td><p>9,097</p></td><td><p>72</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2022</p></td><td><p>9,015</p></td><td><p>99</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2023</p></td><td><p>9,025</p></td><td><p>129</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: data provided is from the Epraccur GP Practice data file, which is produced by NHS Organisation Data Service.</p><p>Note: The data includes main and branch practices, while COVID-19 service branches have been excluded.</p><p>It is not possible for us to distinguish between open and operating practices. Newly opened practices are defined as having opened within the 12 months up to the date referenced. Additionally, new branch practice openings include pre-existing practices that reopened as a branch of another practice.</p> answering member printed Lord Markham question first answered 21/02/2024 17:35:26 answering member 4948 label Biography information for Lord Markham
tabling member	2024 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Kings Heath

1686301

registered interest
date	31/01/2024
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
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 discussions she has had with representatives of GP practices on the level of workload of GP surgeries.
tabling member constituency	Tewkesbury
tabling member printed	Mr Laurence Robertson
uin	12238
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2024 answer text <p>Department Ministers regularly meet with general practice (GP) stakeholders to discuss a broad range of topics. The Delivery plan for recovering access to primary care, published by NHS England in May 2023, set out actions on how bureaucracy and workload can be cut by improving the interface between primary and secondary care. This includes cutting unnecessary burdens on GPs through the Bureaucracy Busting Concordat, published in August 2022, and streamlining the Investment and Impact Fund from 36 to five indicators from 2023/24.  The expanded primary care teams funded through the Additional Roles Reimbursement Scheme add extra clinical capacity, helping to reduce the burden on GPs.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 05/02/2024 17:17:09 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	253 label Biography information for Mr Laurence Robertson

1686446

registered interest
date	31/01/2024
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
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 support General Practices at risk of closure.
tabling member constituency	Penrith and The Border
tabling member printed	Dr Neil Hudson
uin	12446
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2024 answer text <p>General Practices (GPs) close for a variety of reasons, including mergers or retirement. A reduction in GP numbers does not mean a reduction in the quality of care. When a GP does close, patients are informed of the closure and advised to register at another local practice of their choice within their area.</p><p>The closure of a GP surgery is an issue that is considered and decided upon by local commissioners, following an application from a GP provider. It is for local commissioners to determine what services and care pathways are put in place, in order to best serve the needs of their patient population.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 08/02/2024 15:27:00 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	4853 label Biography information for Dr Neil Hudson

1682894

registered interest
date	17/01/2024
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
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 increase access to GPs.
tabling member constituency	Preston
tabling member printed	Sir Mark Hendrick
uin	10019
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2024 answer text <p>We recognise that despite the hard work of general practice teams, some patients are still struggling to access care in a timely way. That is why we have published our Delivery plan for recovering access to primary care. The plan has two central ambitions: to tackle the 8am rush and reduce the number of people struggling to contact their practice, and for patients to know on the day they contact their practice how their request will be managed.</p><p>We will achieve this by rolling out new digital tools and telephone systems which can help practices to better match their capacity to patient demand, backed by £240 million in retargeted funding. The plan also includes further measures to empower patients to do more themselves, cut bureaucracy for general practitioners (GPs) and build capacity to deliver more appointments by diversifying the workforce. We have also increased the number of doctors working in general practice and record numbers of GPs are in training.</p><p>We have now delivered on our commitment for 50 million more GP appointments per year, with 364.1 million booked across the last 12 months.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom grouped question UIN 10023 question first answered 24/01/2024 17:51:02 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	473 label Biography information for Sir Mark Hendrick

1682904

registered interest
date	17/01/2024
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
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 increase patient access to GP appointments.
tabling member constituency	Preston
tabling member printed	Sir Mark Hendrick
uin	10023
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2024 answer text <p>We recognise that despite the hard work of general practice teams, some patients are still struggling to access care in a timely way. That is why we have published our Delivery plan for recovering access to primary care. The plan has two central ambitions: to tackle the 8am rush and reduce the number of people struggling to contact their practice, and for patients to know on the day they contact their practice how their request will be managed.</p><p>We will achieve this by rolling out new digital tools and telephone systems which can help practices to better match their capacity to patient demand, backed by £240 million in retargeted funding. The plan also includes further measures to empower patients to do more themselves, cut bureaucracy for general practitioners (GPs) and build capacity to deliver more appointments by diversifying the workforce. We have also increased the number of doctors working in general practice and record numbers of GPs are in training.</p><p>We have now delivered on our commitment for 50 million more GP appointments per year, with 364.1 million booked across the last 12 months.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom grouped question UIN 10019 question first answered 24/01/2024 17:51:02 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	473 label Biography information for Sir Mark Hendrick

1682010

registered interest
date	15/01/2024
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
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 she is taking to help patients see their preferred doctor at GP surgeries.
tabling member constituency	The Wrekin
tabling member printed	Mark Pritchard
uin	9492
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2024 answer text <p>The Government recognises the importance of the relationship between patients and their general practitioners (GPs). However, in some cases patients may prefer to see another professional from the wider general practice workforce instead of a specific GP.</p><p>All patients must be assigned a named GP, and practices must endeavour to comply with all reasonable requests of patients to see a particular GP or other healthcare professional for an appointment. The 2023/24 GP Contract promotes the use of the Royal College of General Practitioners’ Continuity of Care toolkit via the Quality and Outcomes Framework Quality Improvement module.</p><p>We are building a diverse workforce of professionals in general practice teams who play an important role in providing and enabling continuity of care for patients.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 18/01/2024 17:31:17 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	1576 label Biography information for Mark Pritchard