Oral QuestionPrime Minister

“If she will list her official engagements for Wednesday 18 July.”

Tabled: 12 July 2018Answered: 18 July 2018

Answering Minister

the Prime Minister

Answer from Hansard

The Secretary of State for Health and Social Care (Wes Streeting)

I am pleased to report that both access to general practice and patient satisfaction with general practice have improved since Labour came to office. Over 75% of patients find it easy to contact their practice —an improvement of 14 percentage points since the general election. Not only have we recruited an extra 2,500 GPs; crucially, more patients are receiving continuity of care, backed by an additional £1.1 billion. Lots done, lots to do, and certainly a long way to go, but general practice is on the road to recovery.