Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 100028
Care Workers: General Practitioners
Tabled: 15 December 2025
Answered: 5 January 2026
Question
Helen Maguire
Liberal Democrat — Epsom and Ewell
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of implementing a mandatory care marker for care workers on their GP record.
Answer
Stephen KinnockThe Department has not undertaken a formal assessment of introducing a mandatory care marker for those employed as care workers on general practice records. Any request for new coding would need to consider the purpose and proportionality of the introduct...
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