| Heading: |
General Practitioners: Access |
| Question ID: |
1803890 |
| UIN: |
53038 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-05-19 |
| Asking Member ID: |
4118 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Sir Julian Smith
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| Asking Member handle: |
JulianSmithuk
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
@JulianSmithuk
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to encourage GP practices to provide walk-in appointments for (a) farmers and (b) other occupations where attending at a set time can be a challenge. |
| Is named day: |
false |
| Date of holding answer: |
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| Date answered: |
2025-05-27 |
| Date answer corrected: |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
4359 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Stephen Kinnock
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| Answering Member handle: |
skinnock
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@skinnock
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| Correcting Member ID: |
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| Correcting Member display name: |
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| Answer text: |
General practices are independent businesses contracted to provide National Health Services, and have autonomy to manage appointments in the way that best suits their patient population, including determining what services are available on a walk-in basis... |
| Original answer text: |
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| Answering body ID: |
17 |
| Answering body name: |
Department of Health and Social Care |
| Tweeted: |
true |