A question on #GeneralPractitioners #Surrey tabled by Dr Al Pinkerton on 19-12-2024 has been answered by Stephen Kinnock.

Heading: General Practitioners: Surrey
Question ID: 1751819
UIN: 21491
House: Commons
Date tabled: 2024-12-19
Asking Member ID: 5288
Asking Member display name: Dr Al Pinkerton
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Asking Member Twitter reference: Dr Al Pinkerton
Member interest: false
Question text: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he has made an assessment of the potential merits of standardising the GP appointment application process in Surrey.
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Date answered: 2025-01-07
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Is holding answer: false
Is correcting answer: false
Answering Member ID: 4359
Answering Member display name: Stephen Kinnock
Answering Member handle: skinnock
Answering Member Twitter reference: @skinnock
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Answer text: The GP Contract requires all practices to offer patients an assessment of need, or signposting to an appropriate service, on the day they contact the practice, or the next day if they contact the practice in the afternoon. They will not be asked to phone ...
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Answering body ID: 17
Answering body name: Department of Health and Social Care
Tweeted: true