John Pugh – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

The below Parliamentary question was asked by John Pugh on 2016-03-16.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment his Department has made of the level of variation in waiting times for GP appointments.

Alistair Burt

We do not measure waiting times for a GP appointment. However, the GP Patient Survey shows variation between different demographic groups in patients’ experience of being able to book an appointment.

The Government is committed to improving access to GP services and ensuring that patients can access evening and weekend appointments by 2020.