Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to reduce pressure on GP services.

We have made an additional £270 million available from November 2020 until September 2021 to ensure general practice can continue to provide necessary care. Primary Care Networks (PCNs) are also encouraged to make use of the Additional Roles Reimbursement Scheme, representing an average of 12 to 13 additional full time equivalent members of staff in post for each PCN. The NHS England and NHS Improvement’s Access Improvement Programme is supporting practices which are experiencing the greatest challenges to embed new ways of working, such as remote consultations as part of total triage.