PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Primary Health Care (16 June 2022)

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Next steps for integrating primary care: Fuller Stocktake report, published on 26 May 2022. what assessment he has made of the potential merits of that report's recommendation to develop a single system wide approach to managing integrated urgent care.

Asked by:
Feryal Clark (Labour)

Dr Claire Fuller’s stocktake on ‘The Future of Integrated Primary Care’ was published in May with the support of the 42 integrated care system (ICS) chief executive designates. It provides advice to all ICSs on accelerating the implementation of the primary care, community and prevention ambitions in the NHS Long Term Plan. It sets out ambitions for a personalised approach to care and integrating teams and professionals to improve patient care.

We are currently considering the recommendations made in Dr Fuller's stocktake, including the recommendations on improving same-day access for urgent care and building integrated teams and we will set out further information in due course. During the pandemic, we made £520 million available to improve access and expand general practice capacity. This is in addition to at least £1.5 billion announced in 2020 to create an additional 50 million general practice appointments by 2024 by increasing and diversifying the workforce.

Answered by:
Maria Caulfield (Conservative)
23 June 2022