Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 21491

General Practitioners: Surrey

Tabled: 19 December 2024
Answered: 7 January 2025

Question

Dr Al Pinkerton

Liberal Democrat — Surrey Heath

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he has made an assessment of the potential merits of standardising the GP appointment application process in Surrey.

Answer

Stephen Kinnock
The GP Contract requires all practices to offer patients an assessment of need, or signposting to an appropriate service, on the day they contact the practice, or the next day if they contact the practice in the afternoon. They will not be asked to phone ...
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