Oral QuestionDepartment of Health and Social Care

“What steps he is taking with Cabinet colleagues to help ensure that Woking residents can access Ashford hospital.”

Tabled: 5 July 2023Answered: 11 July 2023

Answering Minister

the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care

Answer from Hansard

The Minister for Care (Stephen Kinnock)

Thanks to the decisions taken by the Chancellor at the Budget, we are investing an extra £1.1 billion in general practice—the biggest increase in a decade. That funding has allowed us to recruit an extra 2,000 GPs, agree a contract for the first time in four years, and introduce online access. Does the hon. Member welcome that investment, or would she cut it?