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1735128

registered interest
date	17/10/2024
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 assessment he has made of the impact of above average waiting times for GP appointments on patient health outcomes.
tabling member constituency	South Basildon and East Thurrock
tabling member printed	James McMurdock
uin	9861
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2024 answer text <p>We recognise the potential impact that above-average waiting times for general practice (GP) appointments will have on patient health. The GP contract requires practices provide patients with an appropriate response on the day they make contact, based on the urgency of their clinical needs. It also stipulates that patients requiring an appointment within two weeks must be accommodated, and those with urgent needs should be seen on the same day.</p><p>As highlighted in Lord Darzi’s review, timely access to care and the quality of treatment are fundamental to the social contract between the National Health Service and the public. The NHS is in crisis, and the Government is committed to addressing this crisis through reform and investment.</p> answering member constituency Aberafan Maesteg answering member printed Stephen Kinnock question first answered 24/10/2024 14:53:13 answering member 4359 label Biography information for Stephen Kinnock
tabling member	5361

1691116

registered interest
date	22/02/2024
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: Standards
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether it remains her Department's policy that GP appointments should be available within two weeks; and what her planned timetable is for meeting that target.
tabling member constituency	Ilford North
tabling member printed	Wes Streeting
uin	15310
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/02/2024 answer text <p>We have set an expectation that where clinically appropriate, patients should receive an appointment within two weeks of requesting one, or on the same day if their need is urgent. The general practice contract requires practices to offer patients an assessment of need, or signpost them to an appropriate service, on the day they contact the practice, so that patients are not asked to call back another day.</p><p>We are committed to making it quicker and easier for people to get the help they need from primary care. That is why we published our Primary Care Recovery Plan. We are providing £240 million of funding, an average of £60,000 per practice, so that practices can transition to digital telephone systems and consultation tools which will help patients to get support more quickly.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 29/02/2024 11:24:52 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	4504 label Biography information for Wes Streeting

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

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

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

1674020

registered interest
date	29/11/2023
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 she has made of the average waiting times for GP appointments in (a) Coventry North East constituency, (b) Coventry, (c) the West Midlands and (d) England in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Coventry North East
tabling member printed	Colleen Fletcher
uin	4445
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2023 answer text <p>Information on the approximate length of time between appointments being booked and taking place is not held at constituency or city level. The following table shows the percentage of appointments taking place on the same day as booking and within two weeks of booking for England and the Office for National Statistics (ONS) Midlands region in each of the last three years:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Appointments - 12 months from November to October</p></td><td><p>National - Percentage of appointments occuring on the same day of booking</p></td><td><p>ONS Midlands Region - Percentage of appointments occuring on the same day of booking</p></td><td><p>National - Appointments occuring within two weeks of booking</p></td><td><p>ONS Midlands Region - Appointments occuring within two weeks of booking</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>November 2020 - October 2021</p></td><td><p>45.2%</p></td><td><p>47.2%</p></td><td><p>88.6%</p></td><td><p>88.7%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>November 2021 - October 2022</p></td><td><p>43.8%</p></td><td><p>45.8%</p></td><td><p>85.1%</p></td><td><p>85.3%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>November 2022 - October 2023</p></td><td><p>43.1%</p></td><td><p>44.7%</p></td><td><p>82.5%</p></td><td><p>82.6%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 04/12/2023 16:10:23 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	4378 label Biography information for Colleen Fletcher

1673086

registered interest
date	27/11/2023
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 help reduce waiting times for GP appointments.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	3831
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2023 answer text <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. In November 2022, we started publishing practice-level appointment data, which shows the time between when appointments are booked, and when they take place. This will improve transparency about practices are performing and give commissioners information to help services improve.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 14/12/2023 15:07:01 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1662935

registered interest
date	13/10/2023
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, with reference to the Primary Care Data Gathering Programme carried out for NHS England between 2020 and 2022 relating to the condition of GP practice estates, if he will publish findings on (a) premises ownership, (b) backlog maintenance, (c) site usage, (d) age of premises, (e) EPC/DEC ratings, (f) condition of estate, (g) premises suitability, (h) decontamination and infection control compliance, (i) clinical rooms and (j) compliance with (i) statutory and contractual standards on health and safety, (ii) asbestos, (iii) the Equality Act, (iv) risk management and (v) business continuity.
tabling member constituency	Ilford North
tabling member printed	Wes Streeting
uin	200789
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2023 answer text <p>The data collected through the Primary Care Data Gathering Programme will be used locally by integrated care boards to develop their Infrastructure Strategies which will be submitted to NHS England by March 2024. NHS England does not intend to publish practice-level data.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 20/10/2023 11:19:41 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4504 label Biography information for Wes Streeting

1660585

registered interest
date	13/09/2023
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, how many patients with urgent needs could not be offered an appointment with their GP on the day that they asked for it in each of the past 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Ilford North
tabling member printed	Wes Streeting
uin	199493
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/09/2023 answer text <p>The data is not held in the format requested.</p> answering member constituency Harborough answering member printed Neil O'Brien question first answered 18/09/2023 15:43:57 answering member 4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien
tabling member	4504 label Biography information for Wes Streeting

1646805

registered interest
date	22/06/2023
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, when his Department plans to consult on the future of the Quality and Outcomes Framework.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	190877
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2023 answer text <p>In response to feedback from practice teams, General Practice Committee England and the Health and Care Select Committee on the Future of Primary Care, the profession and representative patient groups will be consulted on the Quality and Outcomes Framework and its future form in Summer 2023.</p> answering member constituency Harborough answering member printed Neil O'Brien question first answered 27/06/2023 08:07:10 answering member 4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah