General Practitioners

(asked on 19th January 2021) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to help increase GP appointment availability in (a) Slough and (b) England.


Answered by
Jo Churchill Portrait
Jo Churchill
Minister of State (Department for Work and Pensions)
This question was answered on 27th January 2021

General practitioner (GP) practices have remained open throughout the pandemic, offering face to face appointments to those who need them as well as offering telephone and online consultations. In November 2020, over 25 million appointments took place in England and over 173,900 appointments took place in NHS East Berkshire.

The Government has committed to delivering an additional 50 million appointments in general practice per year by 2023/24 and to growing the workforce by 6,000 more doctors and 26,000 more primary care professionals, such as physiotherapists, social prescribers and pharmacists. Alongside increases to staff numbers, NHS England and NHS Improvement are supporting practices to implement remote triage and consultations providing additional choice and flexibility to patients and staff.

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