Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 55655

General Practitioners

Tabled: 30 May 2025
Answered: 9 June 2025

Question

Dr Roz Savage

Liberal DemocratSouth Cotswolds

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure NHS GP surgeries process private medical paperwork in a timely manner; and whether his Department plans to issue updated guidance to prevent administrative delays

Answer

Stephen Kinnock
We are working across Government to cut red tape and improve ways of working, including work to improve the patient experience, such as streamlining or removing the need to request unnecessary medical evidence and paperwork where possible.Some medical pap...

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