Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 119478

General Practitioners: Contracts

Tabled: 10 March 2026
Answered: 18 March 2026
Named Day

Question

Dr Luke Evans

ConservativeHinckley and Bosworth

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether Advice and Guidance will be mandatory for GPs to use in the context of the GP contract 2026/27.

Answer

Stephen Kinnock
As part of the 2026/27 GP Contract, we are embedding the current Advice and Guidance (A&G) enhanced service funding within core practice funding. Practices will be required to use A&G prior to or in place of a planned care referral, where clinical...

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