Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 16192

General Practitioners

Tabled: 6 July 2026
Answered: 9 July 2026
Named Day

Question

Samantha Niblett

LabourSouth Derbyshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the GP contract changes on (a) patient safety, (b) primary-care capacity and (c) workload transferred to general practice prior to its impleme

Answer

Stephen Kinnock
The Department and NHS England considered the potential risks, benefits, and wider impact of the policy changes as part of standard policy-development processes and Equalities Impact Assessments.No immediate negative impacts have been identified from thes...

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