General Practitioners
(asked on 7th January 2026) - View Source
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 improve patient access to GPs.
This question was answered on 13th January 2026
In our manifesto we said that we will end the 8am scramble, and that is precisely what we are doing.
In September 2024, patient satisfaction with ease of accessing their GPs stood at just 61%, today it stands at 73%.
This is huge progress, but we still have a lot more to achieve, and we have taken our ambitions up another notch as we progress 26 / 27 contract consultation with the BMA.
In our manifesto we said that we will end the 8am scramble, and that is precisely what we are doing.
In September 2024, patient satisfaction with ease of accessing their GPs stood at just 61%, today it stands at 73%.
This is huge progress, but we still have a lot more to achieve, and we have taken our ambitions up another notch as we progress 26 / 27 contract consultation with the BMA.