PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
General Practitioners: Wirral South (11 October 2022)

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent estimate her Department has made of the number of GP practices open in Wirral South constituency in (a) 2013 and (b) 11 October 2022.

Asked by:
Alison McGovern (Labour)

In September 2013, there were 11 practices registered in Wirral South and there are 10 practices registered in October 2022.

Practices close for a variety of reasons, including practice mergers or retirement and a reduction in practice numbers does not represent a reduction in the quality of care. When a practice does close, patients are informed and advised to register at another local practice of their choice. Practices and commissioners must put in place appropriate measures to ensure that affected patients have access to general practitioner services.

Answered by:
Will Quince (Conservative)
18 October 2022