Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 79821

General Practitioners: Bedfordshire

Tabled: 10 October 2025
Answered: 29 October 2025

Question

Blake Stephenson

ConservativeMid Bedfordshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an estimate of the number of GPs per head of population in Bedfordshire by 2035, in the context of the 10 Year Health Plan.

Answer

Stephen Kinnock
Each general practice (GP) is required to provide services to meet the reasonable needs of their patients. There is no NHS England recommendation for how many patients a GP should have assigned, or the ratio of GPs or other practice staff to patients. The...

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