Access to GPs

Part of Health and Social Care – in the House of Commons at on 19 July 2022.

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Photo of Steve Barclay Steve Barclay Secretary of State for Health and Social Care

Far from blaming anyone else—notwithstanding the fact I have been in post for less than two weeks—I have set out a range of things we need to do, because this is a shared challenge that affects all our constituents, and it is within the context of increased demand. The May figures show a significant increase in appointments—1.31 million appointments per working day this year compared with 1.24 million last year. There is increasing demand, and we need to harness GP time, the skills mix and better use of technology.