Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 8 November 2016 to Question 51861, how many GP practices in (a) Birmingham and (b) the West Midlands will receive financial support from the GP Resilience Programme.

NHS England has identified just over 1,000 practices nationally to support under the General Practice Resilience Programme. With £16 million funding available this year, this equates to support averaging £16,000 per practice. This is indicative, as practice needs are prioritised, and the nature of support offered, determined locally, will range from support to an individual practice to support across a group of practices. The funding is not intended to provide financial assistance to practices, but to be used to secure a wide menu of support to improve practice operations in order to help practices to become more sustainable and resilient in the future.

23 practices in Birmingham and 123 practices in the West Midlands have been identified for support under the General Practice Resilience Programme, and support offers are currently being agreed with practices. West Midlands has received £1.2 million out of the £16 million funding allocation this year.