Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 68287

General Practitioners

Tabled: 15 July 2025

Answered: 23 July 2025

Named Day

Question

Vikki Slade

Liberal Democrat — Mid Dorset and North Poole

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate his Department has made of the number of partner GPs in each of the next 10 years.

Answer

Stephen Kinnock

As self-employed contractors, general practitioners (GPs) act as providers making their own decisions based on local workforce needs. This includes decisions about the number of partners and salaried GPs at the practice.GPs will be the cornerstone of the ...

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