Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 76149

General Practitioners: Patients

Tabled: 9 September 2025
Answered: 16 September 2025

Question

Peter Fortune

ConservativeBromley and Biggin Hill

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has a target of number of registered patients per GP.

Answer

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

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