Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 74051

General Practitioners: Finance

Tabled: 1 September 2025

Answered: 16 October 2025

Question

Martin Wrigley

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his polices of regional variances in GP surgery expansion approvals under the integrated care board-led funding mechanism.

Answer

Stephen Kinnock

Primary care funding is formulated within NHS England allocations, which account for elements of population growth and other factors such as weighted need. The allocations process uses a statistical formula to make geographic distribution fair and objecti...

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