§ Mr. RuffleyTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what percentage of patients were seen by a general practitioner within the 48-hour general practitioner access target in(a) Suffolk and (b) the Bury St. Edmunds constituency in the last year. [187197]
§ Dr. LadymanThe information requested is not collected centrally. However, the percentage of patients able to be offered an appointment with a general practitioner within the 48-hour general practitioner access target for Suffolk and the Bury St. Edmunds constituency is shown as follows.
- 1. Central Suffolk Primary Care Trust (PCT)—100 per cent, (as at July 2004).
- 2. Suffolk West PCT (which serves Bury St. Edmunds)—100 per cent., (as at July 2004).
§ Miss McIntoshTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what the average wait for an appointment to see(a) the general practitioner with whom an individual is registered and (b) another general practitioner in the practice with which an individual is registered, was in the last period for whi#h figures are available. [R] [181673]
§ Mr. HuttonThe Department does not hold data on actual waiting times for appointments with general practitioners. It collects data on the availability of appointments to monitor progress towards the primary care access target. These show that, in July 2004, some 98 per cent. of the population could be seen by a GP within two working days.