Department of Health and Social Care written question – answered at on 20 July 2026.
Rebecca Harris
Assistant Whip, Opposition Chief Whip (Commons)
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an estimate of the number of FTE GPs at surgeries in Castle Point Constituency over each of the next five years.
Stephen Kinnock
Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care), The Secretary of State for Wales
As independent businesses that hold contracts with the National Health Service, practices determine the staffing skill mix to best suit the patients they serve. GP services are commissioned and assured by integrated care boards to meet the needs of changing populations and demographics.
Total full-time equivalent GPs in Castle Point Constituency have increased in the past five years, from 31.37 in May 2022 to 41.58 in May 2026.
Secretary of State was originally the title given to the two officials who conducted the Royal Correspondence under Elizabeth I. Now it is the title held by some of the more important Government Ministers, for example the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs.
In a general election, each Constituency chooses an MP to represent them. MPs have a responsibility to represnt the views of the Constituency in the House of Commons. There are 650 Constituencies, and thus 650 MPs. A citizen of a Constituency is known as a Constituent
