General Practitioners: Standards
(asked on 2nd May 2023) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what target his Department sets GP surgeries for offering appointments to patients.
This question was answered on 9th May 2023
The Department has not set a target. General practices (GPs) are required to provide services to meet the reasonable needs of the patients registered at their practice. The Government has also set an expectation that patients who need an appointment with their GP within two weeks should get one, and that patients with urgent needs should be seen on the same day.