Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 78953

General Practitioners

Tabled: 10 October 2025

Answered: 20 October 2025

Question

Lewis Cocking

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help ensure that patients are aware that they will continue to have the option to arrange GP appointments by (a) telephone and (b) visiting a practice in-person.

Answer

Stephen Kinnock

General practices are independent business that hold contracts with the National Health Service to perform essential services to the public. The GP contract is clear that patients should always have the option of telephoning or visiting their practice in ...

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