General Practitioners

(asked on 3rd November 2021) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what (a) financial and (b) other steps his Department is taking to support GP services in (i) Coventry North East constituency, (ii) Coventry, (iii) the West Midlands and (iv) England to (A) meet patient demand and (B) manage the ongoing pressures of the covid-19 outbreak.


Answered by
Maria Caulfield Portrait
Maria Caulfield
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Business and Trade) (Minister for Women)
This question was answered on 12th November 2021

To help general practice meet demand for appointments over the winter, we have announced a £250 million Winter Access Fund. This will help patients with urgent care needs, with a focus on increasing capacity for same-day appointments. We are creating an extra 50 million appointments a year in England by increasing and diversifying the workforce. This will mean improved access to general practice for patients and more support for staff to provide a wider range of care options for patients outside of hospital.

Coventry and Warwickshire Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) continues to work closely with individual practices to support them in managing current and ongoing pressures. The CCG has also submitted bids to NHS England for £4.4 million from the additional national funding to increase access to primary care. Pending approval, this would fund practices to improve patient access and increase appointments, including face-to-face appointments.

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