General Practitioners: Administration
(asked on 6th October 2017) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the average number of hours spent on administrative tasks each week by GPs in the latest period for which figures are available.
This question was answered on 13th October 2017
NHS England and NHS Digital do not hold data on the average number of hours spent on administrative tasks each week by general practitioners (GPs). NHS England is spending £45 million to train clerical staff to safely handle more paperwork without burdening the GP. Practices are already telling NHS England about the positive impact of this, with many saving nearly one hour per GP per day.