Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many hospitals have a GP co-located on site to provide triage services for patients.

NHS Improvement report that in December 2017 (2017-18 Quarter 3), 134 out of 136 (98.5%) trusts with a Type 1 accident and emergency department have primary care streaming in place. This is an improvement from the November 2017 (Quarter 2) position of 91% (125/136) and the July 2017 (Quarter 1) position of 30% (41/136).

There are two trusts still to implement primary care streaming (Isle of Wight NHS Trust and Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust). NHS Improvement are working with these trusts on implementation.

Birmingham Women and Children’s NHS Foundation Trust and Dorset County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust are exempt based on local requirements.