Mike Kane – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Mike Kane on 2014-06-04.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent estimate he has made of the number of patients visiting A&E departments after having been unable to make an appointment with their GP.

Jane Ellison

There are over 300 million consultations in general practice each year. The latest general practitioner (GP) patient survey results show that less than 2% of patients attended a walk-in centre or accident and emergency department because they were unable to get a convenient appointment with their GP at their practice.