Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his policy is on named GPs for NHS patients under the age of 75.

From April 2014 it became a contractual requirement for general practitioners (GPs) that people aged 75 and over should have a named GP responsible for their care.

Patients under the age of 75 with complex care needs are included in the Proactive Care Programme and will also have a named GP, regardless of age.

The government is exploring how the core principles of proactive, personalised and joined-up out of hospital care can best be extended beyond the people with the most complex care needs.