PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
General Practitioners (17 November 2021)

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the (a) adequacy of Government support for GP services, (b) ability of GP services' systems to cope with increased patient demand and (c) wellbeing of the workforce in GP services.

Asked by:
Navendu Mishra (Labour)

We have recently launched a £250 million Winter Access Fund, to support general practitioner (GPs) and assist patients to see or speak to GPs and their teams. We are working with NHS England and NHS Improvement and the profession to understand how we can continue to help GPs and improve their working environment, in light of the pressures from the pandemic.

Answered by:
Maria Caulfield (Conservative)
23 November 2021