PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
GP Surgeries: Broadband (12 September 2016)
Question Asked
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many GP surgeries do not have access to a high-speed broadband internet connection in each region.
Asked by:
Tim Farron (Liberal Democrat)
Asked by:
Tim Farron (Liberal Democrat)
Answer
NHS Digital does not keep records on the availability of high-speed broadband at all general practice (GP) sites. However NHS Digital does have records for broadband services provided by the Department to GP sites through the BT N3 arrangements.
Across England, some 6,021 GP sites receive broadband services through the National Health Service N3 connection arrangements; of these 6,010 GP sites are defined as high speed (i.e. 512 kilobits per second or greater).
Answered by:
Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford (Conservative)
15 September 2016
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