Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 101273

General Practitioners: Standards

Tabled: 17 December 2025
Answered: 5 January 2026

Question

Tom Morrison

Liberal DemocratCheadle

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of target-driven GP contracts on the quality of care and doctor-patient relationships.

Answer

Stephen Kinnock
The GP Contract sees practices receive funding through a range of income streams.The Quality and Outcomes Framework (QOF) is an optional pay-for-performance scheme that makes up approximately 10% of overall practice income. The indicators and thresholds i...

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