Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to help reduce waiting times for GP appointments.

We have set an expectation that everyone who needs an appointment at a general practice should get one within two weeks, with the most urgent patients being seen on the same day. In November 2022, we started publishing practice-level appointment data, which shows the time between when appointments are booked, and when they take place. This will improve transparency about practices are performing and give commissioners information to help services improve.