General Practitioners: Yorkshire and the Humber

Department of Health and Social Care written question – answered at on 28 April 2022.

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Photo of Jon Trickett Jon Trickett Labour, Hemsworth

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many GP surgeries there were in the Yorkshire and Humber region in (a) 2021 and (b) 2022.

Photo of Maria Caulfield Maria Caulfield The Parliamentary Under-Secretary for Health and Social Care

There were 661 practices registered in the Yorkshire and Humber region in February 2021. In February 2022, 655 practices were registered in this region.

A reduction in practice numbers can be for a variety of reasons, including practice mergers or closures and does not mean a reduction in the quality of care. Practice mergers can offer benefits such as consolidation of back-office functions and sharing of staff expertise and skills between practices. Where a practice closes, patients are informed and advised to register at another local practice of their choice within their area. Practices and commissioners must put in place appropriate measures to ensure that the affected patients have access to general practitioner services.

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