Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 120987

General Practitioners: Contracts

Tabled: 16 March 2026
Answered: 25 March 2026
Named Day

Question

Dr Luke Evans

ConservativeHinckley and Bosworth

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to Question 118267 answered on 13 March on General Practitioners: Contracts, who is clinically responsible for the patient while advice and guidance is being sought; and at what point does

Answer

Karin Smyth
Currently, a patient is added to an official waiting list when an Advice and Guidance request is converted into a referral. This will remain the case through part of 2026/27. From October 2026, expanded Advice and Guidance will be routed through a new Ele...

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