Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 101982

Blood Tests: General Practitioners

Tabled: 2 January 2026
Answered: 23 January 2026

Question

Blake Stephenson

ConservativeMid Bedfordshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an estimate of the proportion of routine blood tests in England administered in a GP surgery.

Answer

Stephen Kinnock
The Department does not hold data regarding the proportion of routine blood tests administered in England in a general practice.Local enhanced services, such as blood tests, are negotiated and agreed locally, and are commissioned by integrated care boards...

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