PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
General Practitioners: Telephone Systems (3 July 2023)

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Delivery plan for recovering access to primary care, published on 9 May 2023, how many and what proportion of GP Practices have requested Government support to move to digital telephony since the publication of that plan.

Asked by:
Karin Smyth (Labour)

Since the publication of the recovery plan, 1,050 (16%) general practitioner practices which equates to 100% of practices currently on analogue telephony solutions have requested support to transition to digital telephony.

Answered by:
Neil O'Brien (Conservative)
19 July 2023